I finally got my arse in gear and got it finished off this week. I didn't want to do any complicated quilting as my last few have been hard work so I just went with a old favourite. Wavy lines with the odd loop straight across the width of the quilt. Being a big more comfortable with it, I went for a strong blue which was perfect for the blue blocks but really stands out on the cream. I haven't used such a strong contrast in colours before as it makes the bad quilting stand out, but I knew I was fairly comfortable with this type so thought go for it.
The quilt is only around 40 x 56 inches, so once I got the horrid basting done it went nice and smoothly. The backing is from stash, some of the bargain yardage I stocked up on earlier in the year and the binding is some blue dotty fabric that I've used quite a bit and found I still had a big chunk left over.
This will be one of the charity ones, whenever I get around to sorting them out and sending them off. One day....
5 comments:
Very nice, love the colours of this one.
I like this! Lovely colours!
Good for you going for the contrasting thread. It looks wonderful. I love the effect of the quilting in the picture. And, hey, sometimes a quilt takes a long time between steps. That's what makes them great. Lane
Way to go on the finish Shevvy! I like that wavy quilting ( a lot). Like you, I don't use strong colours on my quilting for the quilting part often but sometimes you just have to bust out. I like the results on this quilt!
Blue and white is such a striking combination. Lovely, lovely quilt! Congrats on a terrific finish!
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