quilty bits - another finish! And a design question.

[tielan]

Finished the next quilt! It's going to friends who got married in December 2009.

Another Double Irish chain - very conservative in colouring, but pretty.



In the original plan, the 'double chain' was going to be the white/brown/gold fabric. Except that I miscalc'd when putting it all together, and it ended up as the 'single chain' fabric, which blends the dark green with the green-and-gold-flower-print. It still looks fine, but I keep thinking that it's not quite what I envisioned when I bought the fabric...

I've had the quilted quilt for at least four months now, and have been putting off binding it (like with the last quilt I finished - the Batik boxes). But with the encouragement of a RL quilting friend, and the cheery helpfulness of a local coffeehouse, I've been sitting down and finishing these babies.

It feels goooood.

And now I can wrap it and take it along to bible study tomorrow night! :)

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This is my current plan for the Kaleidoscope quilt's borders. I have scraps, extra fabric, and everything for it!

I was just planning to make them roughly rectangular, no particular shape or size - slightly random. I think it looks okay from the pic but...it's always a bit tricksy to tell. And then there's the corners, which I'm actually planning to put either a solid square of fabric in, or else...maybe a pinwheel or something. I'll work it out when we get there... Maybe.

Anyway, tomorrow is Writing Day because I will be out all day and Thursday will be Quilting Day, because I will be home all day.

Comments

[dancewithoutyou]

The gift is gorgeous, for sure.

If I may, though, in my opinion, your sun-water quilt is so pretty in the center that a plain border would be best, so as not to take away from it.

[evil_plotbunny]

I'm torn. I like the idea of a plain border, but I think the colored one adds to the stained glass feel of the quilt.

[tielan]

I think I'm going with the coloured one. I've got the pieces cut and it would look that much better. You're right about the 'stained glass' thing, I think.

[evil_plotbunny]

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