Every evening for a few weeks has been spent working on hand sewing the bindings on quilts.
I just finished the 7th quilt for Covered in Love.
I was able to stretch out the 90 star blocks into four (rather than 3) quilts. The first four quilts you can see here and here. I had 27 blocks left over from the first 3 quilts. I thought I would be faced with making a few myself or sending some extras back to Kat.
But then I came up with the idea to stagger a few of the rows. On both ends of three block columns, I put in some flag fabric which made up for the three blocks missing for a whole quilt.
I really liked how staggering the blocks made all those stars look like they were floating.
The stars in this quilt are quite varied. There are some great designs!
I still have one more Tall Nine quilt to share. Then I can send off two big boxes of finished quilts back to Kat! A big thanks to all who sent in some of these blocks. They were all made so beautifully!
Here is a photo of the back. I had to use three segments from the fabrics that were left.
For the quilting, I used a line design to kind of give the feel of a waving flag.
I thought it fit this quilt quite nicely!
I have a busy weekend in front of me. Lots to harvest from the garden, loads of prep to get done before the contractors/painters show up and my printer decided to die yesterday. I really need my printer...so somewhere I have to fit in some shopping.
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13 comments:
I hate to think of how much those big boxes of quilts will cost to ship - prices on postage have gone up so much - that is really nice of you - love your stars
Inspired solution! And, as usual, inspiring, as well.
That is a fabulous design... great quilt!
Such a pretty Quilt.
This is great and I spy some blocks I made! I'm so glad they were useful. Thanks for doing the hard part of long seams, quilting and binding them!
You have such a knack for putting blocks together like this - you always amaze me! Beautiful!
This is another great finish. I admit to being sad that we're not making these blocks this year. However, I do get that things get stale when you don't change periodically. You have a real skill in pulling these blok together into wonderful finishes!!
You are so creative with all those different blocks! This might be my favorite one of the bunch - it's really interesting to look at. Hope you have a great Friday, and weekend. Never a dull moment, is there?!
Another WOW!. . .you've set these blocks so that they are indeed waving in the wind! Well done!
I love all the various layouts you've used with the CiL star blocks! I'm always hesitant to not use sashing, but it works so well here that I am totally inspired :) Thanks for all the eye candy!
What a great way to fill in the blanks--with flag fabric! Beautiful patriotic finish, Cynthia!!!
Nicely done, Cynthia!!
I like this one too!! The staggered blocks are a really cool effect!!!
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