Colour block quilt
This was a long time in coming and about 6 months late for a first birthday, but at least it’s done! I recall getting the 5″ squares in a bargain bin at a trade show a few years ago, then teamed it with some stripey cotton shirting from my own hoard and it sewed itself up in an afternoon. However, I really struggled with how to do the border………consequently it got put away for about 6 months until I came up with the olive/purple combo.
This was my attempt at something more modern and I wanted to do the quilting a fair width apart and you can do that successfully with Hobbs Heirloom 100% cotton batting. The Cotton Patch has a good selection of bleached, unbleached and man made wadding. Something for everyone. I’ve used it before and it gives a great result but the only downside is that it does shed alot of fluff. So, defluffing the machine and the quilt has to occur regularly.
The reverse is a large purple square blocked with the olive. Nice and simple. I made my own binding and used invisible thread to sew it down. It’s all labelled and ready to go! Some more shots in my Flickr set here.
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Oh wow! That is really spectacular!
I would love to learn to quilt. Maybe one day when you have less on your plate, you can show me the basics :-)
With pleasure!
Phantastic color combo, I really like it.
It’s amazing how the different blocks seem to glow or not glow, so vivid altogether! Such a beautiful blanket.
love it!!! Those are my favorite kinds of quilts…ones that are just blocks!
it looks wonderful!
That is just stunning. I love modern quilting, and your choice of colours is really striking.
I absolubtly love the colors in this quilt! It’s amazing!
where can i buy a quilt like this?
Your quilt is amazing. I am starting a charity quilting group on flickr, if you are interested! I talk about it on my blog from a week ago or so. If you don’t have time, maybe you can pass on the word!? Thanks for the inspiring photo of your quilt!
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I hope the 1 year old appreciates it, late or not!
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