Friends

Quilt # 69

Friends

Friends is the first of my king size quilts to be documented here. I have a half a dozen or so of them. I now much prefer working in the smaller format of the art quilts.

During the fall of 1997, our guild organized a Round Robin Sampler Exchange. The blocks were made and exchanged during 1998.

I supplied two fabrics, a white on white to be used as the background and a blue flowered print to be used somewhere in each block.

Here close-ups of some of the blocks:

The blue in the large star point was one of the fabric I supplied

Each block is surrounded by a burgundy frame

Checkerboard background

I ended up with eleven blocks which made the setting a challenge. Rather than make an extra block I decided to work with those with the help of the book Blockbuster Quilts by Margaret J. Miller. It is my own original setting and I especially like the looks of the checkerboard background.

I designed the quilt on graph paper and then auditioned the blocks on my design wall.

Auditioning block placement

Corner detail

This quilt was hand quilted by St. Peter's Quilters of Kirkland Lake, ON.

Borders and quilting

Back of quilt showing quilting 

The label on the back not only documents the history of the quilt but also has the pictures of everyone who made a block (one person made two) but also a sectionl with the name of their blocks and signatures.

label

I really like my label on this quilt although printing on fabric was fairly new at that time and the pictures have not stood up as well as I would have liked.

DOCUMENTATION

Name: Friends

Description: Sampler

Pattern: Original setting – most blocks are traditional made by friends from the Kirkland Lake Mile of Gold Quilter's Guild in a Round Robin Sampler Exchange

Size: 100” x 100”

Fabrics: 100% Cotton

Predominant colours: White, Burgundy, Blue, Gold

Construction Techniques: Sampler Blocks set in an original setting

Back: 100% muslin

Batting: Hobbs 80/20

Edge finish: Double fold french binding

Quilting: Hand quilted

Quilted by: St. Peter's Quilters, Kirkland Lake, ON

Sleeve: yes

Label: yes

Date completed: 2001

Inspiration: The setting was inspired by Margaret J. Miller's book Blockbuster Quilts

Appraised: No

Quilt History: This quilt was displayed in the Kirkland Lake Mile of Gold Quilter's Guild 2002 Annual Quilt Show in May and the Quilt Day 3 in Kirkland Lake in 2005

Maker: Terry Whyte