The charity-bee quilt guilt has lifted! I'm embarrassed to say that this quilt began in my circle of do Good Stitches back in November. November! There are lots of perfectly good and reasonable (psh) excuses for this, but I won't go into that. I will just rejoice that I finished this before all my blocks arrived for the next one. Then things would have really gotten out of hand.
For one thing, I did make things a little hard on myself because I was determined to turn this into a bed-sized quilt for an older boy. The original 12.5" blocks would not pull that off, so I sashed them all in a random log-cabiny way with various icy blue Bella solids. I really like the effect of this. Still not quite twin-sized though, so I had to add a border.
It's about 90" x 75," making it cumbersome to quilt of course, but I kept it simple with my default diagonal lines. I usually like much denser lines, but these are 3 inches apart. The binding is a pixelated houndstooth by Michael Miller (I think.) And the back is a completely crazy-town bright lemon yellow. Half the time I think it's really awesome, and the other half I think my eyes are melting off my face.
This is the block I asked the Harmony girls to make way back in 2011 (the shame!) It was not the simplest assignment, but they did great. I love the black and white prints on all that blue. It makes me think of the Backstreet Boys' fourth album... Shut up, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
I know this full shot is really sad, but it's the best I got after a bazillion attempts over 2 photo shoots. I'm convinced that it's impossible to accurately photograph the colors of this quilt. Also, I suck at it.
Thank you so much Harmony girls for your blocks and your patience! It's all labeled and ready to go to Project Linus this week. I'm so happy to be able to do something like this with quilting because I really feel like I'm honoring the memory of my Nanny. She wouldn't have waited 7 months to do it, but I can improve my turnaround time on the next one :)
That's a great block which looks a bit tricky to make - it looks like you all did a great job! Love the blue with the black and white too :)
ReplyDeleteoh I think it was worth the wait! Really nicely done & what an unusual block - love what you did with it.
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt!! love it! and from what I can tell I love the color on the back too.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! I love the addition of the blue colors throughout to make it bigger, I think it adds quite a bit of interest and dimension to the quilt. You and all of the ladies in your charity bee are awesome for putting so much time into a quilt for a boy in need. Seven months later or not. :)
ReplyDeletevery beautiful friend! good work! love it.
ReplyDeletep.s. FOUR DAYS! xo
I really, really like your log cabin-y sashing. It is an awesome quilt!
ReplyDeleteyou did. good with this one, for sure! i really love it.
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful! I love how you added all the blue in and the pop of color on the back -- wow! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful quilt, and you're right! You'll do better on the timeline next go-round. I love the contrast between the front and back!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt! It often takes me a *bit* longer than expected to finish up my Do. Good Stitches quilts, so I can sympathize!
ReplyDeleteI love the houndstooth binding and the simple diagonal quilting!It looks great!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a gorgeous quilt. I love the block design you chose and the impact the sashing adds.
ReplyDeleteIt was so ambitious of you to turn it into a twin quilt. I'm glad that this one is done and hope that the next one is lots less pressure =)
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous, Jessica. I love the bright yellow on the back, too. Great job!
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