Quilt Documentations # 123 - 124 – 125
It seems that making table toppers has always been one of my favourite ways of trying out new patterns, techniques
and/or practice my quilting.
Some more recently made, are already
documented here.
Three Oldies from the Early Nineties
I didn't realize how many I had made until
I recently came across several oldies, some of them well-worn. I'm
happy to see that my piecing & quilting has improved over the years, although
at that time, I thought these were all wonderful. Only one of the
three is dated but all three were made in the early nineties, when I
was in my miniature phase.
It's still hit and miss when it comes to
labelling my quilts, but since I started this blog to document my
quilts, I try hard to at least sign and date even if it is just with
a marker, but preferably stitched in. A label is always a bonus.
Quilt # 123
Beige & Blue Mini Charm Quilt
 |
| Beige & Blue Mini |
I remember going through all of the fabrics I had at the time and
anything with blue in it was fair game for the 1” half-square
triangles. I think this would make it a Charm quilt, which means that all the pieces are from different fabrics, no
two pieces the same. I'm not sure if using one fabric as the background makes a difference to calling it a Charm Quilt.
 |
| 1" half-square triangles |
It has two borders, a double fold
french binding and polyester batting. The
back is one large half-square triangle and it is signed. It measures 23" x 23".
 |
| Beige & Blue Mini - back |
Quilt #124
Jewel Box Mini
 |
| Jewel Box Mini |
This mini also has some polyester
fabrics in it and it is machine quilted using invisible thread on the top and white polyester on the back. It has one border, double fold french binding and polyester batting.
 |
| four-patches and half-square triangles |
The half-square triangles are 1½“ and the little squares in the four-patch are 3/4” square.
 |
| Jewel Box - back |
The back is made of four
half-square triangle repeating the pattern on the top.
The whole quilt measures 23” x 23”..
Quilt # 125
Crazy-Patches
 |
| Crazy Patches |
3” x 3½” crazy-patch rectangles
were sashed and machine quilted with some hand quilting added to some
of the patches.
 |
| piecing |
The fabrics are all 100% cotton and I see that the navy
has faded. We are so lucky to have the fabric we have nowadays.
 |
| Crazy Patches - back |
The back was turned to the front and stitched down as binding. It measures 23” x 24”.
More Table Toppers to come.
Terry
No comments:
Post a Comment