Hi all, this is the quilt I've been working on over Christmas holiday, finally finished. I used the D4P tutorial on this board and loved the idea thinking it would be great for some precut batiks I bought over the summer. And I love to do applique but had not tried raw-edge. Naturally I decided to give it a whirl since it's much faster than the satin stitch I usually do. I've been quilting lots of years, so I am aware of the many, many problems in this quilt. The applique issues and quilting stitches don't bother me half as much as the unmatched corners! Apparently, the adage "measure twice, cut once" should be engraved on my studio wall!

Beautiful quilt!!!

It's beautiful, how do you do the raw edge? Do you do it by machine?

I did applique by machine. I used a heavy duty fusible web to cut out the pieces, then ironed them in place. While quilting, I stitched about 1/8 inch inside the edges. Well, I tried, but I wasn't very successful. I'll go back to satin stitch.

Thanks for the comments.

love it... :thumbup:

That is awesome love it

Lovely quilt

okay that is really gorgeous. i saw a tutorial on here on that 4-patch thing, but it didn't look like that at all. do you just cut the 4-patch twice then. love your quilt.

Beautiful quilt! Mismatched corners? I've looked all around and didn't see the 'quilting police', so there is no problem! Just enjoy your quilt!

Great quilt! I also need help with the .... "measure twice, cut once" - I usually reverse it :-(

That is so gorgeous!!!!!

Oh my, that's gorgeous~!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

That quilt is beautiful!!!!

Your beautiful colors more than make up for any problems that YOU think are in the quilt. It is really beautiful.

your quilt is beautiful.

That is fantastic! I love the colors and the applique really sets it off! Great work! :thumbup: :D :thumbup:

It's beautiful.....I love it!

The colors are brilliant. No body will notice any errors if you don't point them out. Everybody will want it for themselves. I sure do.

Thanks everyone. I know that the mismatched corners and skipped stitches and other little boo-boos aren't so much in the big picture (ha, I made a funny) but you know it drives me crazy anyway! The quilt is pretty, I'll admit, and I'm not about to pitch it out or anything. It drives me crazy but not insane. Thanks again for the sweet notes. Have a blissful New Year's Eve. I plan to quilt till midnight, wake DH for "Auld Lang Syne" then get some sleep myself.

very pretty

All of it is gorgeous!!!! I found the D patches to have a LOT of bias edges. One table topper turned out great, the other had Christmas designs and I should have paid much more attention to it.
Love your choice of fabrics and the appilque.

VEry nice! I will have to look up the tute on D4P... I have seen the D9P...but not that one. Your batiks are very pretty!

impressive work

Beautiful :-P

Stunning quilt

Absolutely gorgeous!! Love your applique! I'm inspired to do more now! :D :D ;) ;) ;)