13 December 2010

Wedding quilt


We just gave this quilt to some good friends for their wedding. The pattern is 'Sexy Hexy' available for free from Amy Butler. It was a lot of fun to make and I enjoyed working with the bold bright prints. It was also my first experience working with glue stick - the center hexagons are stabilized with freezer paper, the seam allowances glue sticked to the back of the paper, and then top stitched to the already assembled outer rings of the hexagon. It made the tricky business of matching the corners very easy.


The biggest challenge on this project was completely self imposed. I fussy cut all the hexagon sides (except the columbine and lindy leaf, if memory serves) for maximum kaleidoscope effect. That's a lot of fussing! But I'm glad I did it.


The pieced back is a calmer palette of two blue fabrics.


I ran with the floral theme for the quilting. It's a free motion loopy daisy pattern (photo by Stacey Sharman).



The quilt is finished with a hand-embroidered label attached to the corner binding on the back of the blanket (photo by Stacey Sharman).

Fabrics:
Lindy Leaf, Pocketbook  and Welcome Road by Heather Bailey for Free Spirit
Sunflower, Flower Fields and Columbine by Joel Dewberry for Free Spirit
Bubble Burst by Anna Maria Horner for Free Spirit
Lotus Pond by Amy Butler for Free Spirit
Sophie's Garden by Erin McMorris for Free Spirit
Posh Petals by Khristian Howell for Anthology Fabrics
Mod Trees by Giancini Atelier for Anthology Fabrics

6 comments:

  1. That is totally gorgeous! I love how that first block you pictured looks like everything but the center is in soft focus. Fabulous.

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  2. amazing quilt! love the desing and the fabrics you used! beautiful job and a gorgeous wedding gift Dan!
    love the "stay lucky" quote.

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  3. Love your work. I'm glad I found your blog and flickr photos.

    Thanks for sharing

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  4. What a nice wedding gift. Can't wait to see what the hexies become.

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  5. Wow what a completely fabulous quilt - with those hexagons, you really can't beat a bit of fussy cutting even if it does waste metres of fabric!

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