quiltsRfun

Take a look at this Grand Illusion. I really like the colors.

http://inkythreads.blogspot.com/2015...-finished.html

CindyA

quiltsRfun - I really like hers, too! She said she put flannel on the back. That would feel really nice. Thanks for sharing the link.

Sophie2, I agree with your husband. (It's by choice!!) When I fuss at Hank for getting into something he knows he's not supposed to he averts his eyes and walks past me pretending I'm not there. But his hair is SO soft.

whitepine

Wow. That is really pretty.

QuiltingVagabond

I finished my Grand Illusion top last night! No pictures yet, I don't have a wall or floor big enough to show/hang it but will ask DH to help me get a pic this weekend.

CindyA

Yes, please post pictures!! I still haven't gone past clue 2. I'm cleaning out my sewing space which is the dining room table, but hope to have some time to quilt later today.

baronreads

Need some suggestions - I made my top 3x4 and put the yellow borders on forgetting that I might have to make adjustments for the pieced border. So now the pieced border squares won't fit exactly. I wasn't crazy about the pieced border to begin with as I hadn't made enough blocks and don't really feel like making more. SO.... how would you finish the top beyond the yellow borders AND could I use some of the pieced border squares for the back? This is my first real quilt so the creative juices aren't flowing yet. Thanks!

BTW, putting the borders on was painless after I got over the fear, LOL

thimblebug6000

You could use what pieced border squares you have made near the corners of your quilt and incorporate them into a plain border.

Our RR shows lots of different options for incorporating blocks into plain borders. http://www.quiltingboard.com/blocks-...ml#post6619179

sewbizgirl

You can adapt those borders by adding pieces or taking in seams, to get a fit. Or you can border just the top and bottom edges... You can certainly use the border blocks on the back, and I would if I had many left over! I made my quilt 4 x 5, rather than 5 x 5, and my border pieces still fit fine. I didn't have to do any adjusting, just had less of them on the 4 block sides.

QuiltingVagabond

As promised, here is my finished top. This is the largest quilt I have made to date and I think I will send it out to be quilted. Thanks to Bonnie Hunter for designing this challenge, I am glad I got it finished!
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frustratedquilter40

Kathy it looks great !
I just received mine back from the lady that does my longarming on Monday have the binding sewn on but will have to wait for a picture maybe tomorrow depending on how I feel. I put a small outer border green border on mine ended up being 96 x 96 too big for me to do on my domestic sewing machine.