Wednesday, February 13, 2013

And.......................DONE!

Sixty-seven years in the making...ok, maybe not that long! But, Belle's quilt is finally finished. Can I say that again??? FINISHED! Never again will I attempt anything even remotely on this scale...way too much of everything! But, it's gorgeous, and she loves it.
 


This one is all hand-quilted because I didn't trust myself enough to put it on the machine...even with a plain old walking foot. There was no way I was taking a chance on messing this thing up! A pretty rainbow in the border rounds out the outrageousness. I'm not usually a border-adder, but due to the nature of the design, to make it any wider I would have had to make it LOTS wider and then it would have been too wide. A border was my only real option. And in this case, I think the linen helps tone down the riot of color.
 

 
And, did I mention that it's FINISHED????

4 comments:

  1. It is amazing! She will treasure it forever!

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  2. It is gorgeous! is it log cabin style blocks? or string pieced?I love the hand quilting you did.

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  3. Amy - Your comment never came through to my email for a response for some reason...so I hope you find this here. The blocks are string-pieced on a fabric foundation...so each block has a full square of linen behind it with just a touch of it peeking out in the middle of the block. It weighs a TON! :)

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  4. this is just stunning, love the blocks and love that rainbow border - are we going to get some full quiilt shots?

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