Whole-cloth quilt kinda "done"...
08-23-2011, 07:44 AM
#154
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I've been watching your posts about this quilt for a while. I think the final result is worth every minute you put into it. It's absolutely astonishing! Well done!
Don't let the dog or the cat sleep on it!
Don't let the dog or the cat sleep on it!
08-23-2011, 07:48 AM
#156
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That is my dream quilt to do myself. Maybe when I retire I will have time to quilt a whole cloth quilt.
Please tell me how you got the area around the chain to lay down so flat. Is it more than one row of quilting.
Elliotsgreatgrandma
Please tell me how you got the area around the chain to lay down so flat. Is it more than one row of quilting.
Elliotsgreatgrandma
08-23-2011, 07:51 AM
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Thank you all for your very kind comments!
A whole-cloth quilt had been on my bucket list for years but finding the pre-printed tops can be a challenge. All I can suggest is that you ask around to your LQS and see if they can get them for you or do a search online and see if you can find one, if you are interested.
Last year when we were traveling in GA, we stopped in at a quilt store and she happened to have this top/kit. Some kits have the backing included, but this one only had the top and the binding, plus the care instructions.
That was perfect for me because I wanted a printed backing. This is the backing that I used: http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc...04111349421.4d
When I have bound it and washed it I will post pictures that include the back.
I will attempt to answer some of the questions here:
1) it was quilted on a Hinterberg 3-roll floor quilting frame. My rollers are 120" long to accomodate these big quilts.
2) the original size was 90 X 90, but I added a 4" swag to each side to make it hang over the sides farther...making it 90 X 98"...or thereabouts. I'll know more when I trim and bind it.
3) the top is pre-printed. The blue will wash out. I used white thread for this, but wish I had used a white to gray to black varigated instead to help the stitching show up.
4) yes...we plan to use this on our bed. :) I make quilts to be used. Both of my kids LOVE my quilts and will treasure this one when I am gone. I've already had them make "dibs" on this one! LOL
5) I didn't keep track of the hours I put into this, but I have been working on it since Nov. 7th of last year. (I write down the date that I put tops into the frame.) Be aware that during this time, I have also made 4 other quilt tops and and have machine quilted 3 of them. The fourth one is the one that will go into the frame next to be hand quilted! :) So I haven't worked on this one exclusively during that time.
6) yes...this one was completely hand quilted. I average about 8 stitches to the inch. NO...my stitches are not perfect! But once it is washed and puckers, it is no longer important! :) DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT! :D
Again...thanks for all the kind comments! Be watching in about a week or so when I have it COMPLETELY FINISHED and washed, etc. By that time you all will be sick of seeing the pictures, as I have posted pictures along the way over the last 9 months of the progress! :D
A whole-cloth quilt had been on my bucket list for years but finding the pre-printed tops can be a challenge. All I can suggest is that you ask around to your LQS and see if they can get them for you or do a search online and see if you can find one, if you are interested.
Last year when we were traveling in GA, we stopped in at a quilt store and she happened to have this top/kit. Some kits have the backing included, but this one only had the top and the binding, plus the care instructions.
That was perfect for me because I wanted a printed backing. This is the backing that I used: http://www.equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc...04111349421.4d
When I have bound it and washed it I will post pictures that include the back.
I will attempt to answer some of the questions here:
1) it was quilted on a Hinterberg 3-roll floor quilting frame. My rollers are 120" long to accomodate these big quilts.
2) the original size was 90 X 90, but I added a 4" swag to each side to make it hang over the sides farther...making it 90 X 98"...or thereabouts. I'll know more when I trim and bind it.
3) the top is pre-printed. The blue will wash out. I used white thread for this, but wish I had used a white to gray to black varigated instead to help the stitching show up.
4) yes...we plan to use this on our bed. :) I make quilts to be used. Both of my kids LOVE my quilts and will treasure this one when I am gone. I've already had them make "dibs" on this one! LOL
5) I didn't keep track of the hours I put into this, but I have been working on it since Nov. 7th of last year. (I write down the date that I put tops into the frame.) Be aware that during this time, I have also made 4 other quilt tops and and have machine quilted 3 of them. The fourth one is the one that will go into the frame next to be hand quilted! :) So I haven't worked on this one exclusively during that time.
6) yes...this one was completely hand quilted. I average about 8 stitches to the inch. NO...my stitches are not perfect! But once it is washed and puckers, it is no longer important! :) DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT! :D
Again...thanks for all the kind comments! Be watching in about a week or so when I have it COMPLETELY FINISHED and washed, etc. By that time you all will be sick of seeing the pictures, as I have posted pictures along the way over the last 9 months of the progress! :D
08-23-2011, 07:53 AM
#160
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Congratulations on a fantastic project.This looks similar to a quilt my grandmother and great grandmother completed together in the 30's. My mother has it now in her cedar chest. She is very protective of it so I don't have it! Maybe someday...
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