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Vintage Calico Nine-Patch: A Finish
Sunday, August 28, 2016 15:06
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A Finish! A Friday Finish! What are you feeling good about today? Here it is sunny, warm and a new day. What is better than that – how about a finish almost 3 years in the making.
I started this quilt by cutting up little bitty 2″ squares out of a stack of calico’s that came from who knows where. Little flowers on soft pastel backgrounds. I cut and cut then I sewed and sewed. There wasn’t a real plan, just quilting along.
Then all the little squares were sewn up. Each nine-patch had a white middle square that was the extent of the plan. It sat a while and I auditioned fabrics to go with the scrappy blocks.
That’s when I found the background print, tucked away in a pile of fabric. It took a while to commit to it, but it was about the same time that I bought the book Material Obsession 2 and I knew I needed to take a chance, step away from the kona white and go for the print. That is also when the design came together. With not enough fabric to make every other square I came up with another plan.
The large patch of nine-patches is surrounded by patchwork. I love it, it’s perfect. Material Obsession 2 was also the inspiration for the boarder print. Vintage, check. In the stash, check. Unexpected, check. I had a quilt top.
Once the top was complete I knew it needed free motion quilting in a dog wood pattern. The squares lent itself to that, no marking needed. The boarders are quilted in a petal in petal design that meanders around the quilt.
The back is the left overs from the calico stash. I am happy to say that it took every last bit to make the back and I don’t have anymore calico left. Not sad about that.
Now I have a question for you. I am experimenting with quilt photography and I took pictures with my happy snappy digital and my iphone camera. Which do you prefer?
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| Digital Camera |
iphone camera
They are both touched up to look their best, but they each have such a different look. I’m not quite happy with either, but that’s what I got.
Best to you! A new month awaits, a weekend and I am feeling more like myself.
Cheers!
Kelly
Kelly
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Source: http://bluebirdsews.blogspot.com/2013/05/vintage-calico-nine-patch-finish.html
