finished my (2) Appliqued Connecticut quilts
 

I was commissioned to make 2 appliqued quilts for a house built in 1785 in Connecticut- been working on them for 3 months- finally finished the binding on the second one today , YEA! was asked to wash & dry them when I finished so they would have that (crinkly) look, so, as soon as the second one came out of the dryer I took the pics- ready to get them sent out & move on to other projects. i'm pretty happy with the way they turned out- my first time working with all solids- they are 68" x 96" (measurements requested) there were some challenges. :)

Beautiful. Would have taken my years

WOW! they are awesome!

Beautiful! You made them in 3 months? Wow!

Gorgeous! Can't believe you did all that in such a short time!

gosh- I kept thinking they were taking me forever! I didn't think I would ever get them done...thanks for all the compliments...they really did turn out great- I am very happy to move on now though...they are not (my cup of tea)

beautiful, and in such a short time frame

Fabulous quilt!!

Golly your quilts are absolutely fabulous and beautiful. I don't know how you get so much done. You are so good at all of this. They are so pretty. I just love them.

Awesome! You sure did great work on them ~ they are beautiful!

That is just a jaw dropper. Wow

Stunning! You created true heirlooms for them. I envy your talent. Wow.

This is absolutely beautiful:) You do such fine work.

Wow! A beautiful master piece!

What awesome quilts!!

Beautiful x 2!! I can just picture them in the historical setting...WOW!!
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Amazing. I am gobsmacked at how quickly you did 2 big, beautiful applique quilts. Congrats and happy moving on!

Simply beautiful. You did a fantastic job.

Lots of great work, looks very nice

Oh My! They are gorgeous!! Is that needle turn applique? I could'nt make 1 in 3 months let alone 2. They are beautiful!!!

no, it is not needle turn- they are machine appliqued and machine quilted (also, recipient's request) she figured machine would be (faster) and cost less--true on both accounts. she had first seen pictures of my wool backyard gathering quilt which was hand appliqued- loved it but wanted something in cottons, done by machine and she wanted 2 which were similar to each other- same fabrics * turkey red, olive green, gold and white* , simplified- not as (involved) as the wool one had been- so these are what I came up with. :) they are heading her way today.

They are beautiful and whatever the challenges, you have met them head on and produced lovely work.

Absolutely stunning! They commissioned the right person!

They are absolutely stunning!! They would have taken me years and years!

Absolutely stunning. I am too afraid to do an applique yet!
Thank you so much for sharing!

very nice they will fit into the house nicely

Sew beautiful!!!

Beautiful quilts!! They deserve to be on display!

For not being your cup of tea they came out beautifully. Can you elaborate the source of the applique patterns and the technique? I see you said machine applique but are they raw edge fused or prepared with a seam allowance turned under and if turned under what technique did you use? I am really getting into turned under applique (not raw edge fused) and like to explore all my options.

Beautiful quilt!!!

Beautiful quilt I so admire you who do such beautiful hand work. My DM made a lot of appliqued quilts by hand all so pretty.

Love it. Gorgeous

the 12" blocks around the center are applique blocks from the 'backyard gathering' wool quilt I made (pattern called= backyard gathering from Lisa Bongean (primitive gatherings) the borders, centers, ect are 'loosely' based on other appliques I saw in magazines- I just fused fabric, drew vines, flowers, leaves as I needed them. so- to answer your other questions- the appliques are fused, raw edge- stitched down with small blanket stitch- silk threads.

That is beautiful applique work! I love the colors, so colonial. And the sawtooth border too!

So beautiful.

Very beautiful quilts but I truly understand when you say you want to go on to something different!

wow its beautiful!!!!!

WOW WOW WOW, they are stunning. 3 months? I am so impressed. Did you also quilt them yourself? Incredibly beautiful work.

Oh wow, what a wonderful quilt and if you made them in 3 months is totally astonishing! Beautiful, wonderful awesome, what more can I say? The quilting is stunning.