I'm afraid you'll have to accept my apologies for my sporadic blogging - something that I anticipate will continue for the next week or so. Unfortunately, I have been incredibly busy with things both at work and at home.
When I left you last, I was working on my Mod Sampler Quilt. I'm pleased to report that I've nearly finished the quilt top! Yay! I just have to sew on the 4 pieces of sashing that act as a 'frame' around the entire quilt top. I actually decided to change the Mod Sampler in a several ways. After following the layout that was included with the instructions I decided that I wanted a design that was less regimented, so I've placed my pieced squares in a random order that was pleasing to me (and probably me alone!). Also, when I laid everything out I realised that I had enough materials to make the quilt larger. I definitely wanted the finished project to be as big as possible, so rather than use the leftover pieced squares on the back of the quilt I have included them on the quilt top with an extra row of sashing. Having also realised that my backing fabric was going to be too narrow, I now plan to cut the plain cream cotton in half lengthwise and move it to the edges. The vertical strip that will be created between those two halves will then be filled in with some nice Amy Butler fabric that I have. Groovy, huh?!
Here are just a couple of quick pictures of the progress so far. I made a mistake when cutting my sashing strips so they did not come out exactly straight which means, by turn, that the whole quilt top is a bit skewed. That said, I think it could have been a lot worse so I am relieved that the whole project was not totally ruined.
I'll be back with more as soon as I can!
Happy crafting!
Mother's Ruin xxx
The quilt is lovely. Really. I don't care if you think it's a bit wonky or whatever, you should be very pleased and proud. Colours are perfect.
ReplyDeleteit looks fabulous! No one will ever know if there any wonky bits, just see a wonderful quilt. Are you going to hand quilt the top or have it quilted?
ReplyDeleteIt looks really pretty and spring like. You should be very proud of it. when you start to quilt it you need to baste first. If you have two pairs of hand tack but, if not 505 spray is a godsend!!!!
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