Thursday 3 November 2011

A Christening quilt...






Since I have some time back on my hands for sewing, my first priority has been to complete the quilts that I started way back for my nephews' christening gifts. I have one finished and one very near completion and for the first time I am entering a quilt in the Bloggers' Quilt Festival. Click on the picture above to see more amazing quilts. 




I've been waiting for an opportunity to photograph it in its entirety and this was the best I could do. Ignore the hangers! It would have looked good on the lawn but it is too wet and the last thing I wanted was to give away a muddy quilt.


I made such a good start on the first quilt but then it kind of got in a pile of Stuff Still To Do and remained there for some time.  As I completed the blocks for this quilt, I found I had a growing pile of triangle offcuts that I knew would be destined to stay in the bottom of my scrap bin if I didn't make an effort to incorporate them into the quilt somehow.





My FWQAL blocks (which are in the aforementioned pile for the time being) had given me heaps of confidence in sewing with triangles and so I set to making some scrappy stripes for the back of the quilt. And, oh! I love them!





This quilt has been a joy to make. I love the blocks, I love the back and I love that I decided to machine-quilt it.  It is only the second time I have attempted this (the first one is still languishing in The Pile awaiting binding) and it has saved heaps of time as opposed to hand-quilting. I am also dead chuffed with the binding and went with my thoughts that I talked about here.




I have learnt so many things about quilting over the last year, my head is full of ideas and plans.  The second christening quilt is basted and ready to be quilted too -- it feels so good to have my sewing mojo back.

Here's a final couple of photos of the front and back of the quilt, blowing gently in the breeze, all ready to be gifted.




23 comments:

  1. Fabulous! You are very talented. I would love to have your sewing skills.

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  2. Oh it is truly lovely and the binding you settled on is perfect!

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  3. Oh I love your quilt!! Wasn't that a fun tutorial?? Here is a link to mine, if you would like to take a little peek :
    http://notesofsincerity.blogspot.com/2011/07/seeing-stars-quilt.html

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  4. It's beautiful Tracey!

    I'm sure it'll become a treasured heirloom!

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  5. Wow! Stunningly beautiful, I love it!

    S x

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  6. Tracy, your quilts are just wonderful. I am completely in awe of your mastery over triangles! The yellow binding is genius.

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  7. I adore this quilt, great pattern and really fantastic choice of fabric! Love it!

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  8. Oh I love it!!!! The front and the back are just amazing!!!

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  9. I love that the fabrics are such fun but you don't realise that from a distance, good one.

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  10. What fabulous fabric combinations! The colors and prints are just perfect. And I love how you used the triangle scraps on the back.

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  11. Gorgeous! And I love the binding and the back.

    Now just need to figure out where my sewing mojo has gone...

    K x

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  12. fabulous quilt, and beautifully made - well done to incorporating your scraps into the back - you've made it reversible - well done you!

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  13. beautiful quilt - you can never go wrong with stars...although I like the back almost as much as the front. Keep up the great work =)

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  14. Very nice. I love what you did with the back. I always save my trimmings, but my pile of scraps only gets bigger. I have pieced a lot of backs, but never was clever enough to do what you have done. Bravo!

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  15. It's a great quilt and the back is just perfect.
    Great idea with the colour of the binding.

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  16. It is fabulous. Love the colour combination and the binding.

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  17. What an absolutely stunning quilt! You have very lucky nephews :o) How did you quilt it? I am just in the process of resurrecting a couple of quilts that I want to finish before Christmas so any quilting tips would be very gratefully received. Lucy x

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  18. Most definitely one of my favourite quilts from the BQF. I especially like the back...I am too lazy to go the extra mile by the time it comes to the back.

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  19. Oooh, I love the back almost as much as the front! Gorgeous!

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  20. Your quilt is beautiful and the back is awesome! Great color choices.

    Mary
    http://www.quiltgenius.com

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  21. Wow that is one massively impressive piece of work!

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  22. Awesome, you have such a flair for quilting Tracy!

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