My very first quilt--and a wall hanging--finally done and home!
03-05-2012, 05:45 AM
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My very first quilt--and a wall hanging--finally done and home!
I made this wall hanging many years ago--pieced all the blocks by hand, then put it aside because I was overwhelmed by the 'quilting' part. So I finally took it to get quilted (along with a full-bed-size quilt I made for my daughter). I picked both up on Saturday, and I am so pleased with them. 
Wall hanging:
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Here is it in its spot in my sewing room--temporary hanging job, using little clips, but at least it's up!
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Close up of the Dresden plate block, to show the quilting--she did all-over stippling.
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Now my daughter's quilt. It was a Joann fabric 'block of the month'--Legacy Star--which I bought online in 2004, for 50% off. I know, that's a LONG time to not finish something, but life happens. DD got her great-grandma's bedroom furniture recently, and the comforter she had on it just did not 'go' at all--way too modern--so I dug the quilt kit out and finished it. It looks SOOOo much nicer on her 'old-fashioned' bed, and really warms the room up.
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Here it is on the bed, with the pillow shams I made. I used my Eleanor Burns book, "Still stripping after 25 years" for the general instructions, and added the quilt square and borders:
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I also made some throw pillows--a couple 'real' quilt squares, and one just strips sewn together:
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And finally, a close up of the center of the quilt--this shows the leaves she quilted into the green borders:
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Thanks for looking!!
Wall hanging:
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Here is it in its spot in my sewing room--temporary hanging job, using little clips, but at least it's up!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]317410[/ATTACH]
Close up of the Dresden plate block, to show the quilting--she did all-over stippling.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]317411[/ATTACH]
Now my daughter's quilt. It was a Joann fabric 'block of the month'--Legacy Star--which I bought online in 2004, for 50% off. I know, that's a LONG time to not finish something, but life happens. DD got her great-grandma's bedroom furniture recently, and the comforter she had on it just did not 'go' at all--way too modern--so I dug the quilt kit out and finished it. It looks SOOOo much nicer on her 'old-fashioned' bed, and really warms the room up.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]317412[/ATTACH]
Here it is on the bed, with the pillow shams I made. I used my Eleanor Burns book, "Still stripping after 25 years" for the general instructions, and added the quilt square and borders:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]317413[/ATTACH]
I also made some throw pillows--a couple 'real' quilt squares, and one just strips sewn together:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]317414[/ATTACH]
And finally, a close up of the center of the quilt--this shows the leaves she quilted into the green borders:
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Thanks for looking!!
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