- - My GFG quilt
(https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictures-f5/my-gfg-quilt-t130784.html)
alikat110
06-16-2011 03:50 PM
Beautiful
LAB55
06-16-2011 03:54 PM
Beautiful !!!! :-D
Great job !!! :thumbup:
Rock Lady
06-16-2011 04:24 PM
That is a beautiful quilt. I love those colors and I think you did a wonderful on it. Show us the red and white one. I can't wait to see it.
ccthomas
06-16-2011 04:35 PM
Love, love your quit.
humbird
06-16-2011 04:42 PM
That is so lovely. I know how much work went into it. I like how you did your borders.
Belita
06-16-2011 05:00 PM
Thank you sooo much for your compliments & kind words!! To answer the questions (hope I didn't miss any)...
Originally Posted by true4uca
Wow, I just love it. Sooo much work. Love how you finished it. I'm trying to make one, just can't seem to get the corners square without using half hexies. Just did one corner. I will learn to like it I will i will.
True4uca, I struggled with how to "square off the corners". What I ended up doing was folding the hexes down & then placing the border fabric aligned with the folded edge & sewing it down. Then I just hacked off the extra hex fabric. Hope that makes sense.
Originally Posted by MimiLinda
It is beautiful, looks like you hand quilted. Thanks for sharing. Love your color choice. What size patis did you use? Even with the patis it takes a long time. :D
Linda, I used 2inch patis (measured across the widest part).
Originally Posted by josie bass
Your quilt is beautiful, I know the work that went in to it because I am making one myself. Where did you get the pattern for it? my card board is giving out. Your choice of colors and design are just perfect, I am sure that it took you 10 years to make.
Josie, I used Quilt Pati's by Pati Shambaugh. They are plastic templates, available in local quilt shops. I also had a package from JoAnn's that are white plastic, but I found them stiffer & more difficult to remove once the fabric was basted onto them. The border on my quilt was my own design.
chali1092
06-16-2011 05:16 PM
A beautiful quilt!
Calico Grammy
06-16-2011 05:19 PM
Beautiful~~~more work than I have the patience for!!
Thanks for sharing.
Rose_P
06-16-2011 05:23 PM
I love this quilt, and I think the folks from the 30's and 40's would have loved it, too. I have an old GFG quilt that dates to that era, and I was pulling back on the binding one day to see how it was sewn and discovered that in the deep areas not exposed to light the original green was much brighter than the overall pale green it is today. I don't know how stable some of the other colors were at that time, but that green definitely faded. So it means that the quilter originally chose a brighter color, much closer to the green you used in your "garden paths".
