10 May 2012

One last look

Last week I gave the shot cottons quilt as a wedding present to my not-so-newlywed friends. They seemed to really like it.


The quilt features shot cottons from Oakshott, Kaffe Fassett, Kaufman Carolina Chambray, and several fabrics Hamish brought from India last year. I wrote a tutorial for Fat Quarterly a few weeks ago with piecing instructions using the the Quick Curve Ruler.


I don't think I've shown the label on the blog. I pieced the embroidered label into the back. The binding is a midnight blue cotton voile from Free Spirit. I love the fine satiny hand of the voile, and I'm sure I'll use it for binding again soon.


I quilted each of the sixteen propeller blocks with a unique design. I thought of it as a quilting sampler, of sorts. The multi-colored secondary shapes between the solid propellers all got the same wavy quilting.


I pieced the back from shot cottons and 8 leftover curve blocks. I had originally intended to set all the blocks in this wavy column configuration, but opted for the propeller setting when I saw it on the design wall.


And finally, one last poorly lit detail photo in the quilt's new home. Here's wishing them years of enjoyment!



13 comments:

  1. Lucky them, I love this quilt. I'd love to see it in person.

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  2. I echo Lyn. This is awesome and I wish I could handle it in person. It must feel amazing to the touch

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  3. Woo hoo! Another guy that quilts!!! I'm following!!! Love your thread painting :)

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  4. Thats some awesome quilting Dan and I adore the label

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  5. It's just beautiful and I love your label. What lucky friends!

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  6. a gorgeous masterpiece of colors and quilting, D!

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  7. Wow you have some lucky friends! The quilting looks amazing =D

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  8. I love the way this quilt turned out...the back is fabulous as well. The quilting on this is amazing.

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  9. Beautiful, beautiful. Lucky friends!

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  10. It is so gorgeous! The Oakshotts look incredible, and I love the blend of colors you used. The embroidered label is great! I've really got to start making labels; I always forget!

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  11. Really lovely! I bet it's so soft too with those shot cottons. Your friends are lucky!

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  12. This quilt is fabulous! I love it! Well done!

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  13. We are SO lucky! The quilt is exquisite and already well-loved. We can't thank you enough for this amazing gift, but we'll keep trying. Thank you! xoxo.

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