At the beginning of the quarter this was added to my list, it was just in need of basting, quilting and binding.
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This has been gifted to one of my nieces in celebration of her 18th birthday, we spent a fair amount of time on the design and colour. I did have a distinct lack of yellow fabric in my stash but thanks to lovely members of my guild and a few IG folk I had some lovely donations to add to the yellows.
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I quilted diagonal lines across the quilt at various distances; breaking up the regular pattern with irregular quilting.
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I used a gorgeous brand new vintage sheet for the backing, it’s goes superbly with the blues on the front.
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I used possibly the last of my quilt labels that I printed years ago and blanket stitched it to the back.
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I think it’s two years until the next niece turns 18 so I can turn my hand to some other plans for a while.
Quilt stats:
Pattern: simple 9 patch drawn up on TouchDraw
Finished size: 69″ x 85″
Fabrics: Variety of blue and yellows
Backing fabric: Shower of Stars vintage sheet by Sears, Roebuck and Co, Chicago
Binding fabric: Grand Canal in yellow by Kate Spain for Moda
Quilted usingĀ Aurifil thread
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So pretty! My favorite colors and like the 9 patch design.