Nine Patch and Hour Glass
 

Christmas 1998 I received the book "Quick and Easy Scrap Quilts" a Leisure Arts book. I immediately fell in love with the quilt on the back cover, which was a table topper made from scraps. 3 1/2 inch ninepatch and 3 1/2 inch hourglass blocks bordered with a vine and flowers. I began my quilt in 1998, piecing a little here and a little there. Had to purchase extra fabric a couple different times, as back in those days I had not made enough quilts to have enough scraps to make a scrap quilt. When I went to purchase fabric, instead of asking for fat quarters, I requested 1/8th yard be cut from the bolt of several different. ( Boy! did I get a strange look from the sales person) But I did not know about fat quarters back then, and I thought if I had longer lenghts of fabrics I could strip piece faster. (but, that is another story of how the sales person and I became great friends). Anyway, a year or so ago I finally finished piecing the top, now a king size instead of a table topper. A month or so ago I got it quilted and last month I put the binding on. Oh no, another story: I could not find enough of the navy border fabric to make the binding so I put on the black binding. The quilt laid out, and I kept looking at it, not liking the black binding. Then while looking for something else I found some navy that might work better then the black, so ripped off the black binding and attached the navy - Much better! I now love my quilt. The label is added and I can enjoy it.

OMG, You have created a real beauty there. Imagine, all the years and all the small blocks, little by little. I hope you are keeping this one for self, as only you can appreciate all the fabrics and all the stitches that went into this gorgeous quilt.

It's beautiful!!! What a treasure.

beautifully done... love that the hour glass are so subtle, great border, too

oh my, I would love it too. Wow.

That is just wonderful!

That is a stunning quilt!! I love that!! The quilting really brings out the beauty of it!!

beautiful quilt

I love your border and how the quilting just pops in the light-colored blocks.

Beautiful!!

Wonderful quilt and your quilting is perfect! Hmmm, I have that book somewhere around here...

Well! That was "quick and easy" wasn't it!? LOL

Beautiful job. You will enjoy it for many more years than it took you to finish it, I'm sure. It's wonderful.

What a lovely, lively and colorful quilt!

the work in this quilt is just amazing!

Nice mix of the colors! It is hard for me to have enough of the right colors of scraps when I start a project to have enough of each color.

What a beauty this turned out to be. I am so glad you changed your borders. After all this work, you have got to love it, right?

Beautifully done! I love how the quilting looks to enhance the light areas. Congratulations and thanks for showing!!! I will remember that look for some hand quilting!

So beautiful!! I love everything about it, the tiny patches, the two-toned hourglasses, the border, the quilting... It's a master piece! Thank you so much for sharing.

boy you are nothing if not persistent!!! from a table topper to king quilt and two bindings!! Wow, lots of work but looks well worth it!!

Oh, that is so beautiful.

I just love your quilt, it's gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful!!!! Thanks for the close-up. I would not have noticed the hourglass w/out the closeup.

beautiful quilt...great job :)

This is a beautiful quilt! Stunning and well done.

very very pretty. what an accomplishment!

Wow, it's gorgeous! You really stuck with it and produced a beauty!

It looks awesome! Love the scrappy-iness of it!

beautiful quilt and like how you did the borders!!!

Beautiful quilt. It was worth the time you took to finish a wonderful quilt.

Wow--those are tiny pieces--and it is gorgeous.

I have that book too and the quilt is still on my bucket list!

Great job....

Wow thats nice Quilt!!!

Wow!! What a wonderful quilt -- very stunning. Great job - congratulations on a job well done.

Wow! that is beautiful! and all that work with them tiny pieces, I don't think I would ever be able to do a quilt like this one, love love your border so very pretty..everything about this quilt is great!

Wonderful!!

it's stunning!

Just gorgeous in every way!

Love your quilt and the border.

Absolutely love your quilt! It is stunning. It is interesting how ideas grow isn't it. I'm glad you stuck with it until it was finished to your liking.

Love your quilt, I really like the way you have quilted it.