I spent last week in the Berkshires with my Brown Bagger buddies, sewing happily from Monday evening until Saturday afternoon. Our group was small this year, so we hunkered down, avoided distractions like nearby quilt shops (for the most part) and got a lot of sewing done!
I am excited to report that I had some very big finishes and one small finish!
I finally got the borders on my Blue and Purple Scrap Wave. This quilt is gi-normous. Because it is so big I wasn't going to add any outer borders, but I'm glad I changed my mind. I love the reddish purple borders with the extra squares going around in between them. I bought this fabric on our
April road trip and it was the perfect color.
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| I'm in love with the colors and can't wait to get it back from my friend Kate who is machine quilting it for me. |
I also finished the top of my
Rangeley Star quilt with its 36 star outer border! For awhile, I almost scrapped the outer star border because it originally had the very pale blue fabric used in the background for the accent strips. When I laid it out, it looked washed out with the dark stars. The girls all gathered around for a consultation, we experimented with layout and color and Joanne S. finally suggested the green. It really brings the quilt together!
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| This quilt top actually has one more outer border of the blue batik, but I didn't get a photo of it. |
I also put the binding on the quilt for my sister-in-law, Susan. All this baby needs is a label and it's ready to go to its new home. I started this project last year in the Berkshires. You can read more about it
here.
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| I am very glad that this quilt is finally finished! |
I also finished my
Flourish wall hanging. This is an original design by my friend Karen Pratt. Karen also did the machine quilting on this for me. I bought some crystal snowflake buttons and I'm really going to "bling" this up! My friend Jean insisted that I use black fabric for the binding and it looks great. It really frames the quilt.
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| Yeah! Another finish! |
Coincidentally all my projects last week were in batik. Several more blog posts to come about our Berkshire adventures!
Linking up on Wednesday to
Freemotion by the River,
Fabric Tuesday,
Let's Bee Social and
WIPS Wednesday. Linking up on Thursday to
Needle and Thread Thursday. Linking up on Friday to
Confessions of a Fabric Addict,
Richard and Tanya Quilts,
TGIFF,
WIPS Be Gone,
Fabric Frenzy Friday and
CrazyMom Quilts. Linking up on Saturday to my newest favorite blog party,
Pet Project Show from Pink Doxies. Thanks for visiting!
A big thank you to Myra at
Busy Hands Quilts who created this fabulous list of linky parties. Check it out
here.
Pugs and kisses,
Nancy
Such lovely colorful quilts!
ReplyDeleteWow Wee! Nancy you sure have been accomplishing some Major Quilting! Love the way the scrap waves look and those Rangely Stars... Just Wow!
ReplyDeleteWOW! Those are fabulous (and huge). That is a lot of work. The blues and purples are gorgeous, but I would have a hard time choosing my favorite.
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ReplyDeletegreat work. I was going to say, looks like your insides ordeal left you thinner. That's a happy smile on your face from all these finishes and the friend time. One day I want to come share that with y'all. LeeAnna
ReplyDeleteWow you had great finishes! They sre sll so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThose are awesome finishes!! Love, love, love your scrap weave quilt!! The star quilt is great too. That is a ton of Stars! The tree will look fabulous when you add the Bling. You guys must have really hunkered down and didn't venture out, too much. Can't wait to see what the rest of the girls finished!
ReplyDeleteI love them all! What a great sense of accomplishment. That is a LOT of stars, by the way. It looks like you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on all the finishes, all of them are beautiful. My favorite is your Scrap Wave quilt, love the colors!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a beauty, I love your 'gi-normous' quilt, it's so striking, I love them them all here but your first is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteWow were you productive! All of your quilts are beautiful. I love the different size stars in your 2nd quilt and how you have used different color greens in your third quilt. I am also impressed at the size of your quilts!
ReplyDeleteLove your quilts and they look quite large. Always such a great feeling when a large quilt is finished. Love the greens and purples!
ReplyDeleteEnvious of an entire week in retreat!!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is really gorgeous. Like the colours and all the tiny pieces.
ReplyDeleteYou have some great finishes. My favorite would have to be the purple/blue wave because those colors are my favorites too.
ReplyDeleteOoh, lovely eye candy, Nancy! I love that green decision in the star quilt--that that star quilt, period. The scrap wave too--yummy colours. the quilt for your sister is so cool how it runs from dark to light...and Flourish! Beautiful, I agree on the black choice, and oh yes, put some bling on that puppy! :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! I love that purple top!
ReplyDeleteThe blue and purple scrap wave is absolutely gorgeous! But I bet it is even more so in person than by pictures. Job well done!!!
ReplyDeleteAll the quilts are fabulous! Can't see which is my favorite - I love them all. Thanks for linking to WIPs Be Gone. That's a whole lot of WIPs gone.
ReplyDeleteWhat a week!! That must have been so much fun, and all the quilts are beautiful, and huge!!
ReplyDeleteA whole week of quilting? That's awesome. Love your purple quilt. Good call on adding the borders. Thanks for linking up with TGIFF.
ReplyDeleteI think you get the Ginormous Quilt Award for the month! You worked like a dog getting so much done, and with quilt shops tempting you nearby!! Oh, My!
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking up with Pink Doxies Pet Project Show, and tell your boys hello from my girls.
Julie @ Pink Doxies
I love the color combination of your star quilt!!! Lime green really seems to pop doesn't it! Now that scrap wave I wouldn't be caught dead attempting! Good for you!!
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