Finally finished! This little quilt is ready to travel far and wide. I really like the fabrics--wish the photo did the colors justice. The blue is much closer to previous photos. It is a bright quilt without being too intense. And I just can't get a photo of the thread--used a little varigated in the quilting.
I have a couple little things to finish up for the package before it takes a trip, but I also need to finish my scrappy Christmas blocks--they're due in the mail on Tuesday!
These swaps are so much fun--I love to see all the photos in progress on the group pool at flickr. Wish I could comment on them all!
Next project--I might have to try something besides a disappearing 9-patch! I do know how to make other blocks :)
Showing posts with label disappearing 9-patch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disappearing 9-patch. Show all posts
Aug 30, 2009
Just One More Cup
Just One More Cup
Originally uploaded by QuiltyBee
I was especially anxious to get this finished--it's a gift for one of my good friends. The plan is for it to match her kitchen/dining area. She has a big square table, so I hope it fits right in the center. Plus, we love going for coffee together--we talk every second! She is a great friend, and I wouldn't have ever gotten to know her if
we hadn't gone on a church trip to New Orleans together.I might have to make a coffee cup table runner for myself because I can always have just one more cup of java!
Aug 17, 2009
So close to finished . . .
I finally got going with my little doll quilt swap piece. Starting with the 3 fabrics shown in the last post, I made 3 nine patch blocks. I just love this dotty orange--wish I could get better pics of the color.
Now for the "disappearing" part--cut each 9-patch into quarters--straight down the middle both ways.
Like magic, no more 9-patch, just a cut block that looks like a lot more work than it is. Next, you get to play with arranging these. Should it go this way or that way?
I really like this arrangement.
In the end, I chose this arrangement. All I have left to do is sew on the binding. I'll get a pic of the final top with quilting tomorrow.
This whole swap has been so much fun! I love looking at all the photos on the flickr pool here--people have come up with incredible little quilts! It's a good thing this is a swap--it would be impossible to actually choose just one! I hope my secret partner likes this one!
Now for the "disappearing" part--cut each 9-patch into quarters--straight down the middle both ways.
Like magic, no more 9-patch, just a cut block that looks like a lot more work than it is. Next, you get to play with arranging these. Should it go this way or that way?
I really like this arrangement.
In the end, I chose this arrangement. All I have left to do is sew on the binding. I'll get a pic of the final top with quilting tomorrow.
This whole swap has been so much fun! I love looking at all the photos on the flickr pool here--people have come up with incredible little quilts! It's a good thing this is a swap--it would be impossible to actually choose just one! I hope my secret partner likes this one!
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