Works in Progress
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I’m super excited that I can now share with you the quilt I finished a couple months ago. It was my #economyblockalong quilt and a gift for my mom for Mother’s Day. You can see more photos and read about the quilt in Monday’s post.
Finished Quilt Tops:
I now have 4 different quilt tops finished. The 3 that you have already seen.
And I’ve also “finished” the Communique quilt top. It’s currently 56×72 inches, which is a nice throw size, however, I’m thinking of adding a few borders to make the quilt bed-sized. What do you think?
Quilt Tops in Progress:
I’m happy to announce that I have pulled the Impromptu quilt out of my UFO pile and am working on finishing it up. Three of the five rows are already pieced together. And I have several other blocks finished.
That means the only quilt that hasn’t had any progress is my Christmas quilt, and I’m totally blaming my lack of love for handwork.
What are you working on right now?
Sharing over at: WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced Let's Bee Social at Sew Fresh Quilts
I have finally (!!) started hand-quilting the final block of my current quilt. I was going to ask you if you ever have reached a point that you feel you dislike a quilt after working on it for a longish time; I guess this post is the answer, smiles. It can be frustrating, even if you like the pattern and fabric–if, like my current quilt, you don’t care for either element, by the time you finish you don’t know whether to throw it out the window or what! So why finish it? A) it cost me nothing B) it’s kept my hands busy in idle moments and mostly C) Pure cussedness!
It’s easy to reach that point where you dislike a quilt. I mean, I don’t think I really “hate” anything I’ve ever made, but I do sometimes get tired of a certain set of fabrics and need to put them aside for a while until I find them inspiring again.
Such fantastic things in work! Thank you for sharing.
~Heather
Thanks so much Heather!
I love the Impromptu top… Comma is a great line! As for putting a border on Communique, I think borders can sometimes take away from the overall design of the quilt so you have to be careful. I tend to keep borders small (max 6″) . Will be interested to see what you do with it!
I will definitely keep that in mind. Though it would be hard to make borders that narrow and get a quilt that finishes large enough for my bed. Particularly, since We usually use King size quilts.
Your quilt tops all look great! I am a fan of big quilts, too. I think a pieced border would give you more size and keep a similar look. I don’t know how you would make it king size though.
I’m thinking of adding a thin solid border and then maybe a border of 2″ squares, then another solid border, and something like 4″squares or pieced blocks.
Nice to see you are back at the impromptu quilt! Looking sew fine, Andrea! The Communique would look great with a border. Great progress from you, girlfriend!
Thanks so much Lorna! It’s been a bit frustrating to get back to the impromptu quilt. It’s been so long since I worked on it, I forgot that I had sewn some border pieces on, and pieced a bunch of blocks together. Now all the block pieces I have left have border pieces on them, and they aren’t in the place I need them. #UFOFail