On Saturday I had a PJ day! I pulled out the purple jelly roll I bought in Bathurst, on the retreat Shop Hop and started cutting and sewing!
By 4pm yesterday I had a completed quilt top.
I'm pleased with the result. Very traditional, made with a pattern, using floral fabrics!!!! - so not me but I did enjoy most of the process. I love the colours. Will I do it again ? Probably not.
Will it ever be a finished quilt? I do hope so.
I'd love to know what you think.
I took the photo of it hanging on a large white board (held there with little magnets). The pen tray at the bottom of the board has distorted the bottom of the quilt a little. I was very suprised when I was putting the borders on that the quilt was actually very square!
Yes, I did eat and sleep. I even went out yesterday with Sweet Pea for lunch and a walk around the marina at Lindisfarne (I forgot the camera! The reflections on the river were amazing! There wasn't a breath of wind)
Hugz
5 comments:
That's lovely Sally - I love the extensions into the borders at the top and bottom. Cheers Robyn
WOW - another stunning project coming from you, Saddle! Love what you have done with the putting together of the colours. When I concentrate hard enought, it feels like I am about to 'fall' into the square boxes the panels have created! Love your colours and, in particular, the two thin light coloured borders around the dark - really finishes it off nicely!
Fabulous, Sally! It's very me! lol
Love the 3D effect. Must give some thought as to what I will do with mine.
Great design - if you've got a Jelly Roll, I'm all in favour of making a patchwork that's worthwhile for the strip cut i.e. where you can see that it's made from strips!
I was teaching a Jelly Roll workshop yesterday. Some of the rolls available are not at all my taste though - can be hard tracking down ones I like (Moda Authentic, Moda Arcadia, Moda Wonderland, Fabric Freedom's batiks, Bali Batik Pops - found these are all neat designs). Fabric Freedom's batiks include some gorgeous prints in more "tribal" colours and designs. I would love some African wax prints as strip cuts - can you get Australian fabrics cut this way?
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Cheers
D.
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