Seattle

The quilt I made for my son was a big hit Christmas morning.

All the fabrics were from my stash except the backing after I realized that the 4 yards of a soft dark brown fabric was actually no longer in my stash having been used that a quilt last year for my brother in law.  A quick trip to a local quilt store scored a nice gold fabric (on sale!) for the back.   This Seattle print was purchased 2 years ago on a trip.  You'll see I used it twice - those are outlines of the state of Washington appliqued onto the quilt.  My original goal was a single larger state of Washington but I couldn't seem to get it drawn out correctly.

The quilt is an original design although the word design implies I had a master plan.  I didn't.  I had the great Seattle print and an idea to make quilt blocks of letters spelling out Seattle.    The letters were 9 inches wide and 15 inches tall (finished).

I quilted in an all over stipple pattern and completed the quilting in about 3 hours.  These are large stipples and I was very happy with how my machine (and the operator!) did.  There was only one mess up and I caught it only 12 inches in so ripping back wasn't difficult.

I used a portion of the print to create the quilt label and then put the 'with love mom' on the quilt binding itself.  I also have my full name and date elsewhere on the binding.

This was my last big quilt finish of 2013!  I do very much appreciate all the encouraging comments I got along the way.  It took me just over 2 weeks from start to finish.  Not sure I ever made a quilt that fast before nor will I again!  Having a few days off of work certainly helped!  

This was the 8th quilt I made this year and the 4th that I quilted myself!



TARDIS and Tulips in row 1.


Dragonfly, SeaGlass and Tapestry in Row 2.


Summer, New Jersey and Seattle in Row 3.




I want to wish all of you a very happy and healthy 2014!!!!!

(Thanks to Mdmn Samm for the image!)





Happy Stitching!