Friday 19 September 2014

From A - Finished Carnival Quilt

More than two years after it began, I can finally say that this quilt is finished. Most of that time was spent debating how I wanted to quilt this one. In the end, I kept things pretty simple by stitching in the ditch around each block and the first border before adding a simple but sort of fancy border that I can only describe as marquis.


Finished Carnival Quilt

I marked the border by tracing around a kitchen pot lid that happened to be the right size with my trusty blue chaco liner. It actually worked out pretty great and created beautiful smooth curved lines that I would never have been able to manage freehand.


Canival Quilt

I am especially pleased with how the border quilting worked out in the corners, creating smooth pointy bits that didn't interrupt the flow in the border.


Finished Carnival Quilt

Although I was 
originally planning something a little fancier for the main panel in the quilt, I'm glad I kept it simple. I think that the simple quilting creates a sense of calm that works perfectly with the overall feel of this quilt.

I backed the quilt using one of the clothesline prints from the same collection that I absolutely love. It was a little too narrow to get the job done so I added a leftover strip of AMH voile. It is so soft. Definitely adding "back a quilt in voile" to the ol' quilty bucket list at some point.



Finished Carnival Quilt


I of course bound in orange plaid since I am powerless in the face of plaid. A pretty big part of me wishes I could bind every quilt in plaid but until someone releases a collection of plaid fabric in every colour, I'm going to have to restrain myself.

Final Quilt Details:

  • Quilt Name: Carnival Quilt
  • Finished Size: Lap size (a.k.a. 43" x 51")
  • Fabric: Various prints from Lucy's Crab Shack by Sweetwater and some Kona White
  • Pattern: Carnival Quilt by Jaybird Quilts
  • Quilting: Stitch in the ditch with fancy border 

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My art director came along for the photo shoot and seemed pretty pleased with how this one turned out. And with that, another baby quilt bites the metaphorical dust. Only 80-billion more to go!

Happy weekend friends. Hope it's a good one!

2 comments:

  1. Looks great! I love that quilting in the border!

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  2. What a fabulous little quilt! I have to go find my Crab Shack fabric, I miss it. And I love your art director - I used to have some help in that regard but we had to say good-bye to our 15 yr old English Springer Spaniel last October :-(

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