Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Crumb Quilt is finished

It is done!  It wasnt without its share of frustrations.  First, I ran out of quilting needles (I broke a ton when I was quilting and tired.)  I was able to accomplish a lot after that until my darning foot broke.  Then the kids were grumpy.  Oh well, it is done now!  There was some light color bleeding in a few of the red, scrappy areas.  It isnt bad though.  Washing a two inch piece of scrap fabric isnt really feasible so I took a chance!

Here it is!


A closeup of the quilting.  I made a contuous arc design in the colored blocks.  Later, I noticed a nice secondary design and then quilted in the white areas.



The flying geese had a similar arcing design



Feathers in the border.  Hindsight?  Make the feathers go in the same direction as the geese.  Didnt even think of that!



Quilt back.  I had some plaid fabrics and threw them together.  The green one is a civil war fabric so I stashed what was left with my CW collection!



Just to show you how fast I have to work.  Once I had everything out to photograph, my son came over and moved in.



So what is next?  I have two other quilts in various stages of completion (not including my GFG quilt).  I will likely finished assembling the two rows of the Evilyn Sloppy quilt and get the top assembled.  Not far from accomplishing that!!!

9 comments:

  1. Your quilt is beautiful! And now it's kid tested and approved :)

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  2. That is so truly scrappy! Looks great!

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  3. I love it, and I love the fact that the baby is playing on it. Quilts were intended to be used and loved. Nice job!

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  4. Awesome! I love it. The quilting is lovely. My 9 patch was made of small scraps that I couldn't prewash, so I used a little bit of Retayne in the wash and the quilt actually came out brighter than when I put it in and it didn't bleed at all. It is great stuff and a little bit goes a long way.

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  5. Your Crumbs are lovely!!! I came over from Joan. I too have made a crumbs quilt and they are addictive.

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  6. Your quilt looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing the shots of your quilting, it's always nice to see how others tackle this part. It all looks great and your son clearly approves :)

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  7. LOVE your Crumb Quilt!! You did such a beautiful job on the quilting!! Feathers looks so pretty too!

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  8. such a beautiful quilt. i love the colours & the quilting. your right i can see the secondary pattern in the quilting. great job.

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  9. Really beautiful !!! Very surprising visual effect . Thank you for showing .

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