The first shall be last, and the last shall be first. I know this is a biblical text, but it seems appropriate for the first finish of 2019, which is actually the last finish of 2018.
I have finished my Quatrefoil Quilt, aka the What's Out The Window.
This on my list in the last Finish A Long list, and was blogged about here in my proposed finishes.
This was also my bee block in my Beeabee2017 group. I had chosen this block when I mentioned my daughter in law was pregnant. Anneliese, my bee mama suggested we made this for the baby. We revised the instructions but I don't think everybody picked up on this at the time. Most of the blocks, but not all, were child themed, those that weren't worked in well. I previously blogged about this quilt, here when I was the Queen of Sheba. And also here and here.
I had originally been in a National Trust building, Derrymore House near to my childhood home, and I loved how the sun filtered through the centre of the quatrefoil window.
The walls were painted yellow, and it just seemed so cheery. I then started to notice how many churches had quatrefoil windows. I had always noticed the trefoil windows, I am a former girl guide, and the badge is the trefoil. St Mark's Dundela, the church attended by the author CS Lewis, and the very same church where I read my late aunt's eulogy has a very nice quatrefoil window.
I finished the actual flimsy quite a while ago. The blocks were from bee members Anneliese, Sue, Kirsty, Gina, Katrina and Sharon. Tish of Tish n Wonderland bee crashed and sent me a block, which was great. I also had some fabric sent to me by Yvonne Quilting Jet Girl and Lucy Charm About You which were perfect.
My son is a scientist, so I was delighted to find this space fabric locally for the backing. I added a panel of my favourite Rose and Hubble spot in black and white to broaden and lengthen it. I have never really done much free machine quilting, this could be my step into this whole other world.
It was rather a steep learning curve. The quilting in the white background is very dense, so dense it took ages and used a ton of thread. I discovered the heavier quilting thread is better for quilting than the moon thread I previously used. The quilting in the windows is ok, a ray stretching out - but would have been better if it went in the other direction! The quilting in the centre, is to be frank, terrible. But it is what it is.
I love how the quilting is on the back, except for the central window bits. I love the swirls, like swirly
whirly things in space. Asteroids, That's what I am thinking.
Of course for the binding, I used my favourite spots again. Bits and pieces that were left for scrappy binding.
Now all I need is to give this a wash and tumble and post it off. My daughter in law always jokes the baby smells of Chanel No5 after a granny cuddle. I think I might be giving this a good squirt of No5 before I post it off.
This is one of my finishes in the final quarter of the Finish A Long, this will be my link up post. I will have to have a think about what I plan for 2019.....
The link to my last finish a long proposed finishes is here
Helen x
linking in with the Finish A Long linky party here
I have finished my Quatrefoil Quilt, aka the What's Out The Window.
This was also my bee block in my Beeabee2017 group. I had chosen this block when I mentioned my daughter in law was pregnant. Anneliese, my bee mama suggested we made this for the baby. We revised the instructions but I don't think everybody picked up on this at the time. Most of the blocks, but not all, were child themed, those that weren't worked in well. I previously blogged about this quilt, here when I was the Queen of Sheba. And also here and here.
I had originally been in a National Trust building, Derrymore House near to my childhood home, and I loved how the sun filtered through the centre of the quatrefoil window.
The walls were painted yellow, and it just seemed so cheery. I then started to notice how many churches had quatrefoil windows. I had always noticed the trefoil windows, I am a former girl guide, and the badge is the trefoil. St Mark's Dundela, the church attended by the author CS Lewis, and the very same church where I read my late aunt's eulogy has a very nice quatrefoil window.
I finished the actual flimsy quite a while ago. The blocks were from bee members Anneliese, Sue, Kirsty, Gina, Katrina and Sharon. Tish of Tish n Wonderland bee crashed and sent me a block, which was great. I also had some fabric sent to me by Yvonne Quilting Jet Girl and Lucy Charm About You which were perfect.
My son is a scientist, so I was delighted to find this space fabric locally for the backing. I added a panel of my favourite Rose and Hubble spot in black and white to broaden and lengthen it. I have never really done much free machine quilting, this could be my step into this whole other world.
It was rather a steep learning curve. The quilting in the white background is very dense, so dense it took ages and used a ton of thread. I discovered the heavier quilting thread is better for quilting than the moon thread I previously used. The quilting in the windows is ok, a ray stretching out - but would have been better if it went in the other direction! The quilting in the centre, is to be frank, terrible. But it is what it is.
I love how the quilting is on the back, except for the central window bits. I love the swirls, like swirly
whirly things in space. Asteroids, That's what I am thinking.
Of course for the binding, I used my favourite spots again. Bits and pieces that were left for scrappy binding.
Now all I need is to give this a wash and tumble and post it off. My daughter in law always jokes the baby smells of Chanel No5 after a granny cuddle. I think I might be giving this a good squirt of No5 before I post it off.
This is one of my finishes in the final quarter of the Finish A Long, this will be my link up post. I will have to have a think about what I plan for 2019.....
The link to my last finish a long proposed finishes is here
Helen x
linking in with the Finish A Long linky party here
Congratulations on the finish, Helen! Squirting the quilt with your perfume before sending it off actually sounds like a pretty cozy idea to me.
ReplyDeleteWell done. Congratulations on the finish. It looks great.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Your fmq has come along way with this quilt. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI love all the different blues you featured!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful finish! (Chanel No 5 was my first grown up perfume and I still love it).
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