Ooh look! I finished a quilt for the shop! I'd had it done a couple of days before the
joy of yesterday afternoon, but never got round to photographing it.
I'd actually finished the quilt top a looooong time ago out of Moda Happy by Me & My Sister, but something about it didn't sit right with me. So I shelved it, and forgot about it. Earlier this week I was attempting to tidy up my shelf (I tried, I failed) and found the top.
I realised what I didn't like about it was the inner border... I'd had a white and pink dot 2" inner border on there. I didn't like the fabric for it, plus I thought it was too wide. So I ripped it all out and replaced it with this hot pink Kona fabric. Me likey.

Then I shelved it for another day thinking about how to quilt it. I wanted to treat each patchwork square individually instead of going an overall design, so I did this squiggly pattern. I don't know what it's called... if anyone knows, please tell me!

I like the effect of the quilting on the back especially :)
I used a white with black and pink dot for the back, and added two pink strips down the length of it so it didn't look so blah.

I quilted the outer border in concentric straight lines, and used a white and black stripe (also from Moda Happy) for the binding. I love stripey binding.

It ended up measuring 43" by 52" after washing, and I think it's so pretty and summery :) It's
now available in the shop SOLD!
It is so nice to know that other people actually go in and rip out stuff weeks/months later even though everyone else thinks its fine! You go girl!
ReplyDeleteLove it, nice and bright and that binding is perfect.
ReplyDeleteI think the pattern is called "little squiggly design"!! :) Whatever it is, I like it!!
ReplyDeleteDid you use 2 charm packs? I've got a couple sitting for inspiration...
ReplyDeleteI enjoy looking at what other's do for free motion, good job.
ReplyDelete@becsbags: Yeah I used two charm packs for this one :)
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