I was so close to being done piecing this top for a very long time, but I was stuck on the flying geese border. So, approximately 136 flying geese and two borders later, I am finally done piecing this thing!
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| Full quilt top on a king size bed. |
The pattern is from Lynette Jensen's
Thimbleberries Block by Block to Beautiful Quilts. Each block ended up being 12 inches finished, but the borders sized the quilt up to queen/king sized. The book itself is kinda country-ish in the feel of its projects, so I used a brighter color palette than suggested.
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| One of my favorite blocks. |
The fabrics are all from Bonnie and Camille's Bliss collection, which I just love. These cuts were the ones available at my LQS when I first began selecting fabrics for this quilt. Since then, I've been able to obtain a few more (understatement) prints. I'm also hoarding this year's collection, Ruby, and will hopefully debut something from that collection as well.
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| Flying geese border. |
My next challenge will be how to quilt this thing. It's huge! I don't know if I can do it on my domestic machine, so maybe now is the time to break out and send it to a professional quilter. It would be lovely to get some custom quilting, but I'm balking at how much it will cost. It makes me wonder how places like the Pottery Barn and Garnet Hill can sell "hand made" quilts for a few hundred bucks.
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| Border detail. |
I'm glad I forced myself to finish this top. I started cutting for my next project, an idea which has been on my mind for several months now. Happy quilting!
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| Another pretty block. |
4 comments:
I love it, the quilt is absolutely beatiful! so much work...
Beautiful! I love this! Such a pretty pallette and the blocks look great. Good luck with the quilting! :)
What a beautiful quilt! As someone who makes large quilts, I can say that quilting them yourself is nerve-wracking, hard work, and very satisfying! Good luck!
This is stunning - what gorgeous colours and your piecing is lovely!
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