Thanks Kylie for being my quilt photographer and ignoring DH who was not impressed I had interupted him at work (well it is for his mother!) to hold a corner of this quilt, while balancing on the couch...because its that big!
The pattern is from Evelyn Sloppy's book "40 Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts". The original pattern just has a plain border, but I needed to make the quilt bigger, so made up the pieced border, which also helped to use up some of the left over 1 1/2" squares. And as you can see I love adding a 6 1/2 " border to all my quilts....its easy because thats the width of my ruler and it seems to frame everything nicely...plus it helped make it the right size.
Then because I have only done a bit of hand sewing this week, I will show you the string pieced placemats I made earlier. I couldnt find the yellow and pink/purple ones I made, think they are in the wash!
The final block of the Celtic quilt was cut larger then others (by 1/2") so once I figured that out, it ment I am going to have to unpick and resew ALL the corners of the applique....otherwise I would have to cut them off :-( But because it is the LAST block I am trying to focus on finishing it ASAP....as my goal was to have the top done by September... the new goal is Christmas!
Happy quilting, Sue.
Sue you are a sewing demon! Your Irish quilt is sensational. Your MIL will adore it I'm sure. And well done with all the work on the Celtic quilt. What a labour of love. Bet you can't wait to start something new and fresh!
ReplyDeleteIt looks wonderful! I have started sewing the label into my backing fabric before quilting it. It feels good after binding it that it is done. No label to think about. I am sure you will get you last celtic block done.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gift. I wonder what it's value will be.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is great. I bet your MIL will be thrilled with it. I love the placemats too.
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