I finished my Natural Blues quilt yesterday. Woot!! It's a Scrappy Trip Around the World pattern and was made with my bed in mind so is mostly neutrals with some blue, aqua and a hint of pink. (for Finish-along purposes - this is an entry in my quarter 2 proposal - the original post is here)
I won a Village Haberdashery thing way back in January where people who tagged (on Instagram) purchases or makes using purchases from VHD got a voucher. Well my name was pulled from the virtual hat and I won a very generous fifty quid to spend in their shop. Yaay! Here's my original bundle.
I added to it with some stash fat quarters (all but one bought from VHD and the one I was gifted I'm pretty sure they stocked) and ended up with this.
And after a final cut it was time to get cutting and stitching. I cut my strips to 3 inches to make the most of the fqs and ended up with nice big 15 inch blocks.
I was sure I had enough of that Waterfront Park (Waterfront? Something like that) print but alas, 3 metres wasn't going to cut it. So it was pieced with the last dregs of that smashing flowers print from Dee which was perfect! Thanks, pal.
Cotton and Steel for the binding and *gasp* I'm pretty happy with this machine binding!!! I know, I know I said I don't like it. I do very much like the speed though.
Lots of pretty and new fabrics! Braw.
It's a big guy, too. I'm standing on my arbour seat to hold it up here.
Yes, I am very happy with this one. New bed quilt? Done.
Quilt deets:
Fabrics: all sorts including from but not limited to; Doe, Sun Print Mercury, Alison Glass Handcrafted, Petal and Plume, Biology, Cotton & Steel basics, Lighthearted, Priory Square, CatNap and Squared Elements.
Pattern: the scrappy trip around the world as found at Quiltville
Quilting and thread: diagonal lines around 3 inches apart with good old Gutterman ivory.
Size: a rather nice 60 x 90 inches!!
It's gorgeous Lynz! I love that you used a controlled palette. And the cool blues is calming too! Great job!
ReplyDeletelurvely selection of fabrics, fab quilt!
ReplyDeleteI always love a scrappy trip, but this is my fave I think, fab colour combo, and the 3" strips worked really well
ReplyDeleteAm I right in thinking that you doubled up on some of the FQs you originally bought when you spent your voucher? *keen eyes* Well done on your finish, come over to the dark side of binding.....!
ReplyDeleteLoving the calming colours of this. Perfect for the bedroom
ReplyDeleteIt's fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome....so calm...makes me think of the beach!:) And you are welcomed!:)
ReplyDeleteDid you see my last post where I use perle cotton to stitch the binding on....still hand stitched but takes a 1/3 of the time....so fast!:)
Love the dark stripe running through it - congrats on a lovely finish!
ReplyDeleteOh this is lovely - congratulations on the win and on getting it finished too.
ReplyDeletelove your quilt, and duh, have regestered that tv haul i the village haberdashery. Have bought from there, but didn't realise that. Congrats on the win.
ReplyDeleteOk, now I want to make one like this too, in one colour. It is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous - I love how cool and calm this quilt is. Great work!
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