Apologies for the long absence from blogging, I’ve been
busy with other things.
I started putting this quilt together a while ago using
a jellyroll of Delft Blue framed in pure white. Miss Ming gives it her seal of
approval! J
I reached a point when it was square and decided to add
a yellow dot fabric which I picked up at Sp*tl*t to the sides and ends so that
it is almost a single size quilt with the thinking that the yellow would
enhance and compliment the splashes of yellow among the Delft Blues.
The back is a grey dot fabric which matches the yellow
dot on the front. I have joined together all the little leftover pieces of
jellyroll from making the log cabins into a long strip. This is pieced together
with a leftover strip of the yellow and the grey dot which was only 42 inches
wide to give me the correct width. (I love using up all the little leftovers in
the backing!)
I decided to free-motion quilt it using a meandering
line with loops in it and that way I could just scoot around all the pins.
Wadding is a machine washable wool/polyester mix which I have found to be my
favourite to use.
Binding:
I always cut my
binding strips on the diagonal – 45 degrees – it’s a little more fiddly at the
cutting stage. This creates a springy edge which stands out like a tube and
also bends and folds better with the quilt. I chose a dotty fabric in blues and
white.
I’ve almost finished putting the binding on which I
machine stitch front and back. ( I used to hand stitch the back, too busy at
the moment.) Will post more pics when done.
Cheers Fran.
The ocean is an icky brown colour at the moment due to
all the rain. Surprisingly it only takes a couple of weeks of fine weather to
clear back to a lovely blue colour.
