I really pushed hard to finish the quilt in the summer so I could get it quilted by Mary Hopkins who blogs at Quilted Art from Mary Katherine Hopkins. Mary is a member of the traditional quild I belong to. She does a lot of quilting for our donation quilts and she does a great job. Here's a close up of the quilting.
There is a lot of shade in the back yard but I still think you get an idea of the fabrics and colours. I used Kona Silver for the background colour and Kona Regal for the darker sashing. In the blocks I used Libs Elliot Fabrics for the most part with a few Allison Glass and Kaffe Fasset thrown in for interest.
Working on this quilt was a skill builder for me and I could tell that I have gotten better at lining things up with flying geese an such. Although I've quilted for many years many of the quilts have been made for charity and are more basic than this one. The outside triangles for the on point setting where also very challenging and I was considering switching to a different orientation but I persevered.
I'll be giving this quilt to Evan (my nephew) and Allie who where married in September. I'll be linking up with TGIFF which is hosted this week by Becca of Pretty Piney and I'm linking up at Brag About your Beauties which is hosted by Michelle of From Bolt to Beauty.
13 comments:
I'm glad you persevered Lisa, the result is beautiful. A perfect gift!
Your quilt is lovely Lisa. I really like the setting, you have had a learning curve but what you have achieved will make it easier to use those techniques again. I really like your colours and the quilting you had done is sympathetic with the design and enhances it beautifully. Congratulations on a wonderful finish.
It is a beautiful quilt! Love the colours!
It’s fantastic, Lisa, and I love when we can see our skills improved when working on a more challenging quilt. Kona Regal is one of my new color crushes, too. :)
This is really beautiful, Lisa! I especially like your palette and how you placed the colors you used. The newlyweds are sure to treasure it!
Love the quilt and glad you could sneak in those outdoor photos! You did a fantastic job!
I am usually not a big fan of sampler style quilts. However I really like yours, the setting of it made a difference for me. Love the darker sashing around 1/2 of the blocks making them really pop.
Well done, your quilt is very pretty! Beautiful setting on point ;)
So gorgeous! Very well done.
It's a lovely finish! The Kona silver really sets off the bright colours nicely without being as impractical as white, I think.
I love this! Beautiful colors and the quilting is fabulous!
Beautiful! You chose wonderful colors. Congratulations to your lucky nephew and new niece-in-law!
Thanks for linking up to TGIFF.
This is stupendous Lisa! I love the rainbow bright colours and I think the regal is a perfect choice for your sashing. I hope you got lots of positive comments at your guild show. And that your nephew likes it.
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