The quilt measures about 48" x 70" which is a good lap quilt size. Because the blocks are sewn on the bias the quilt is a little stretchy. I thought about trying my hand at machine quilting but I don't think this is a candidate for my first try in that area. In fact, because the quilt is so stretchy, I wonder if I should quilt it from the edges toward the middle....
I'm linking this to A Lovely Year of Finishes for January at Fiber of All Sorts. A Lovely Year of Finishes is a challenge encouraging us to choose one item to finish each month, then account for our success. Thank you, Shanna, for hosting.
Happy stitching!
--Nancy.
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Great finish! I have one more block to make before assembling the last 2 rows!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, Nancy - how many pieces? Looks like a lot! And the teal and red - stunning, well done :)
ReplyDeleteThe border really changed the looks. The colors look great. Are you moe pleased with it now that the border is on? I'm not sure I would quilt toward the center. I think if the fabric does stretch some you'll be left with a "pouchy" middle. If you go toward the edges any extra can get sort of eased out that way. But, I haven't hand quilted - only machine so perhaps that would be different.
ReplyDeleteGreat colors for the Easy street! Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove the color combination. Just popped over from 'Small Blog Meet'
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