Shabby Chic OBW .... Tout Fini! :)

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07-31-2011, 06:30 AM

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When I showed this as a WIP, someone tagged it as a Shabby Chic Quilt. I wasn't familiar with your USA stores of the name til then. The name stuck. Alas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think the colours are all that close to true. And it seems my Virgin Fabric pic has gone AWOL. Here it is from when I posted it as a WIP.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-123058-1.htm

I did the border/binding a little differently. Once quilted, the backing was left wider, then wrapped to the front with the lace and flange, to create the borders. A line of stitching on the lace next to the flange holds it all in place. Then I quilted around the edge of the lace to hold in place and complete the quilting.

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The backing of the quilt is totally done in the virgin fabric.

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I tried a bunch of shots of the corner, and this is maybe the best of the lot. I'm afraid it really doesn't show you much more than what you already know.

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Another corner shot ... I'm going to leave it up, not so much for the corner view, rather so you can see the different colours/designs that resulted. of the quilt

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07-31-2011, 06:33 AM

azdesertrat

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very nice! love the colors

07-31-2011, 06:34 AM

susiequilt

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That came out super. Interesting technique with the lace.

07-31-2011, 06:40 AM

btty

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I think it is absolutely beautiful.

07-31-2011, 06:41 AM

greencat

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Very pretty!

07-31-2011, 06:42 AM

GingerK

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That is lovely. I like the idea of using the origional fabric on the back. And the lace makes it look so dainty and feminine. OBW is on my Bucket list--keeping my eye out for the perfect fabric.

07-31-2011, 06:42 AM

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Beautiful - the quilt and the staging. ;-)

Can you post a close-up of the border - maybe a corner? I'd like to see the lace a bit better to understand how it was attached - maybe a corner picture with the miter. Thanks. ;-)

Ah, I see you did. Let me go look. Well, they were there, and now they're not. Hmmm.