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Friday 28 June 2013

A Big Finish!

My Stitch Tease v.1 quilt is finished!!

I have blogged about this quilt and the super Bee, oh, just a few times, you can check out these posts if you haven't been along for the journey, here, here and here.

So with a FAL goal of the end of the week, and an inherent dislike of unfinished business, I started eagerly finishing this up a week or so ago.

I never took a photo of the batting, but if I tell you it is made of 8 irregular pieces and I splashed out and bought some of that (amazing) batting tape, to make up a piece big enough for this 60" x 80" quilt, you can imagine how it looks inside!

Katy joined all 8 Bee strips into the finished top, and I added the siggy blocks into a white strip on the backing of a Kate Spain print which I have had stashed away, awaiting its moment for a year or 2!

I love how it has turned out; dense, a-little-bit-wobbly, line quilting in 50wt Aurifil (5006) in a light turquoise colour, some Lotta Jansdotta for binding and it has all come together perfectly...


It has washed up all soft and has a surprisingly wonderful drape considering the size, number of seams and all that quilting.


It is a heavy quilt, and the largest I have finished, and having spent all those hours quilting, I feel like I know every single piece of fabric in it.  Considering that only Katy was able to compare her strip to any of the others in real life, it is so cohesive, the Stitch Tease ladies really did me proud!  Thank you, thank you all again.


And now we are into year 2, and I know exactly what I will be asking for in September; all I am saying is, don't use up all your low volume fabrics my friends, I have designs on them!

33 comments:

  1. Wow, it looks great. Love the colour combination. It's always great to finish a project, it gives you full permission to start something else!!! Sarah

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  2. Beautiful quilt! I have a larger than usual top to quilt and you've given me encouragement!!

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  3. Wow and double wow! Absolutely brilliant! Jxo

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  4. It is wonderful, and you wouldn't know such different people contributed as it all goes together really great!! And the quilting in the turquoise goes with it well, too!!

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  5. this looks so good and your quilting is amaze-balls!

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  6. That is a lovely quilt. The little fussy cut details are lovely.

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  7. Every bit of this quilt is fantastic....love the colours, fabrics, design, back.....everything. X

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  8. Yeah Love orange! You have convinced me more than ever to make an orange quilt! Looks so fabulous and what a great way to be introduced to those wonderful fabrics - while quilting!

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  9. *speechless* totally amazing!!!

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  10. Oh my goodness this is the most fabulous quilt! I love the design and the colours and that adorable little camper van. Quilt perfection :-)

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  11. looks awesome! might have to pinch the design idea for Abbie's quilt that I'm going to make once our stuff arrives :)

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  12. Its fabulous Hadley, love all those colours

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  13. What an amazing colour palette! I love it!

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  14. Such a cheerful quilt - I love the signature blocks on the back. It looks so snuggly and warm. I'm going to have to go and check out all your other posts on it now :)

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  15. It's beautiful and I love your quilting!

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  16. It's awesome! The fabrics are so current and it looks cosy and comfortable! Well done!!

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  17. Lovely quilt, backing is perfect!
    Cheers
    Lush x

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  18. Very pretty -- love the colors!

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  19. That is a beautiful quilt!

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  20. S**t! I just used up all my LVs! (Kidding, there are some left.)

    The quilt looks amazing. You would never guess that it was made up of bee blocks the way it goes together. Love it!

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  21. Looks amazing! Fabulous finish!

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  22. Looks amazing, you did a fab job quilting and binding it, and what a talented bunch of ladies- i only hope I can meet the standard with the LV challenge- which i have bloody loads of, so no worries here! :o)

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  23. Totally beautiful and incredibly 'you' x

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  24. lovely to see it again, i am (again) amazed how cohesive it looks, even the strips aren't obvious and that different people picked and pieced perfect colours is awesome!

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  25. It's gorgeous! I love the typewriter and the clock! Another fab finish FB! ;-)

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  26. Oh it is so lovely and lively.

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  27. Oh, Hadley! It's gorgeous. The colors are just amazing and the backing perfect. Well done!

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  28. This is such a gorgeous quilt, I love the scrappy randomness of it all, and a fab colour scheme too

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  29. I think I might already have used up their LV stocks ;o) Looks fab all finished though!

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