I made my first Boxes and Crosses Quilt (pattern by Emma Jean Jansen in her book By the Bundle) a few years ago for a good friend (see here for more about that quilt!) and whilst I was cleaning up my craft room over the Christmas break, I discovered I had quite a few more blocks cut out in the blues and the low volumes.
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So at the Febfest weekend of the Melbourne Modern Quilt Guild, I got them all out, added a few extras from GJ Fabrics and decided to add a pop of pink grunge and started sewing up another quilt top!
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I finished the quilt top during our Coronavirus slow down as it was simple sewing which was all my brain could cope with there for a while!
I grabbed some Carolyn Friedlander wideback I have available in my online shop for the backing… I do love a good texty print!
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I had thought I would just do a quick edge to edge all over quilt design, but once I had it loaded up on Lily the Longarm…. well…. the quilter in me decided it needed something ‘more’ : )
So I did some ruler work and sewed out a large star in the middle…. with radiating star points off each corner (to make an 8 pointed star)… and then did some ribbon candy and some peacock feathers in each of the star points.
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Except you can hardly see them in any of the photos that I have taken!!! So this will definitely be quilting that only the person snuggling under the quilt will ever see…… hopefully I have learnt my lesson and next time I’ll just do an allover design and get it done quickly!
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Still, I had fun doing the quilting (except for the broken ruler foot and two needles…. but that is a whole ‘nother story!)
So here she is in her full glory!
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I haven’t got anyone in particular to receive this quilt….. I actually realised that I have made a quilt for every one of my immediate family and Ian’s immediate family! Might be time to start on the second round !!
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And the last rose…… it is almost time to prune them… now if only I could stop quilting long enough to garden……. : )
I love a good RWP quilt. This is beautiful.
Thanks Mary! And I have figured out who it is going to – my nephew!