I believe I made someone cry yesterday. But they were happy tears so it's ok.
This afternoon Kim received the bigger 100 Good Wishes Quilt for Isabella.
As with the pieces for the small cuddle size quilt I received from Kim to remake, the same person who attempted to make this quilt made a mess of these pieces too. Thankfully it wasn't a huge chore to undo what she did and start over again.
Just like the original plan for the smaller quilt this quilt too was to have a black tone on tone Chinese calligraphy fabric for the sashing. I believed that it would have made the entire quilt feel very dark so Kim was happy to let me recommend something else. I chose Moda Marbles in Vanilla. Here is an in process photo.
The finished quilt top came together easily enough. Since I had to recut the blocks to get them square and straight the max size I was able to cut them to was 4 1/4" (3 3/4" finished). To keep the scale appropriate I used 1 3/4" sashing (1 1/4"finished). The border was cut at 4".
I found the perfect backing fabric that Kim just loved (you'll see it below). When planning to quilt it I had a couple of specific pantos in mind but when I auditioned them, both were too busy for the scale and simplicity of this one. Luckily I had one more that turned out to be perfect. It is Seaside and it provided just the right feel on this quilt.
So without further ado, this is the completed quilt.
Once the binding was complete we had nothing but rain here for many days so I had to wait to get pictures of it. As soon as the sun came out I hurried to take the shots but the shadows from the house didn't help to show the true colors.
I always like to get some fun "wind blown" pictures but the wind wasn't cooperating much that day. This was the best I could do.
That perfect backing I mentioned? This is it (though it's tough to see from this angle). Kim finds great peace at the beach so I found a print in soft calming tones with a scene of sand dunes, boats on the water and beach chairs. I love it and Kim does too.
Here you can see better the print on the backing along with the two embroidered blocks I received that I decided to use as the quilt label.
This picture taken inside better shows the lovely texture of the quilting.
The Seaside panto definitely gives a feeling of waves over this beachy scene.
It was a pleasure to finally make this quilt for Kim and Isabella and I know that it will be treasured for years to come.
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7 Comments:
What a wonderful thing to do. It is quilts like this that brings so much job to our hobby.
It's beautiful I love how soft and cozy it looks!
Great choices. Am glad it all worked together!
Great job!
Undoing and redoing someone else's work can be quite a challenge. Nice work!!
Looks so much better than it would have with a black background, seems to be more cheerful.
Great save! Someone is going to be delighted, I like the Vanilla choice for the sashing.
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