“Now here’s one I made earlier”… I think this is might be the next thing in my chronological documentation of my creations. And luckily another one that is still used and loved on a daily basis. I’ll have to admit to a bit of necessary repair work before it was anywhere suitable for its photo shoot today! The second time in its life this quilt has had a major repair and maintenance session. I’m just glad she obviously loves it so much…
This was made, according to my hand-embroidered signature and date in the corner, in 1993. Like Tim’s quilt before it, it is just based on a very simple design; just same-sized square patches, and is machine pieced and hand-quilted. Unlike Tim’s however, I had learnt at least a teensy bit about quilts by this time and the border treatment is a little better. This time, I folded the outer border over the edge and under, and slipstitched it in place over the backing, then quilted in the ditch on the back, making a little quilted border of about 2cm width all around on the top side. Still not the proper or recommended method of finishing quilts, mind you, but since when have I ever cared about properly following recommended methods, anyway? Yah, I’m such a sewing rebel…
The backing is simply a single sized bed sheet, and yes that rather garish blue colour is far from a perfect choice for the very soft, antique shades of blue, pink and ivory of the topside fabrics, but meh. The back wasn’t very important in my back-then eyes, and sheeting fabric is tough and cheap, also priorities to my back-then self. Since the back is, unlike the topside, in absolute perfect condition, I guess it turned out to be a good choice.
The part I was most pleased with was the border quilting design (which I designed myself); a little arrangement of quilted hearts and nesting hearts, joined with garland-like rows of quilting stitch. And I did quite a good job, if I say so myself. I’m glad I still have things like this around to remind myself of how patient I used to be with regard to my sewing projects. Seriously, I don’t know if I could ever do something like this ever again.
It's lovely! I often use flat sheets from IKEA to back my quilts, so I completely understand the choice.
Beautiful! I love the hand quilting; I wish I were that patient. I completely understand why your daughter loves it so much!
So sweet-no wonder she loves it.
Love, love, love! It's incredible sweetness that quilt shows, tons of patience. I have two quilts started and parked, if, I ashamed of my lack of patience with it.
This is wonderful! I would love to make a kingsize quilt cover for our bed, but i have never tried quilting before so maybe i should start a bit smaller!
What a wonderful quilt! I am in awe of anyone who does such projects. All those little squares to be sewn. All that quilting to be done. I can't even pick one fabric to work on, let alone have to pick a whole lot that actually coordinate!
I think it's lovely! I'm sure there will be a few more repair sessions in the future! and what's wrong with your binding and backing? Guess I don't follow quilting rules either.