It's finished!! I know I got a bit behind on posting each of my blocks in the Cathedral Window Sampler Quilt-along. You can see the detail on each individual block here in my flickr set. I love how this came out so much that I decided to take it to one of my favorite spots for a little photo shoot. I made this for my own living room, with fabrics from Fly a Kite and Outfoxed. I used Maureen Cracknell Handmade's quilt-as-you go method, so when the quilt along was over all I had to do was sew my blocks together.
I added a cathedral window block of my own, based around a little cathedral window I already had waiting in my stash for just the right project. Then I added two plain 12.5" squares of fabric to make a 3x4 quilt. And I even remembered to add a label.
The backing is from Loulouthi by Anna Maria Horner. I had it in my stash, and it happened to go perfectly. I used the "self-binding" technique for the backing for the first time. Basically, I trimmed the backing to 1.5" larger than the quilt (after quilting the backing fabric to the rest of the quilt) and then folded the raw edge of the backing in to meet the raw edge of the front. Then I pressed the folded edge over the front and machine stitched all the way around. Voila! No hand sewing involved. In the whole quilt. Hooray for that!!
Here's a little better look at the quilting on the front...although the bright sunshine this morning makes some of it hard to see.
Perfect for a cold Alaskan morning at the beach! And since the sand is frozen, it didn't even get dirty.
It turned out great. I clicked over here to check out some more detail on your quilting. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I loved the quilt as you go method. Give me incentive to actually finish it before it made its way into a "finish later" pile.
DeleteI love how this turned out, Christy, and so love that you made it your own with the extra block and the two solids. I've been following your blocks throughout the QAL and am in love with your fabric choices:). We should talk soon!! -- Erin (from Pellon, but also from Just Plain Lovely)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I really love it, too. It is actually the first quilt I have completed in about 7 years (hmmm, that's just about how old my oldest child is...). I got bored with the traditional quilting patterns, so when I started back to sewing last year and discovered the modern quilting and sewing blogs I was inspired to give it a try again. It's so much fun to be able to "break the rules" and make something that is more of an expression of my own style. The fabrics in this quilt were all added to my stash by my kids and husband (I have him to thank for the hedgehogs). The quilt-along was a fabulous way to show what can be done to make traditional quilting more modern!
Deletewhoops -- meant single fabric blocks in fabulous prints, not solids;).
ReplyDeleteit looks amazing!!!!!
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