I thought about Vintage Quilts and Finishes as a title but decided a warning would be better.
A few years ago I showed a yo-yo quilt that belonged to a friend of my mom's. You can see the post here. My mom's friend was kind enough to gift me the quilt (major happy dancing). I love it.
The back of the quilt.
Took Bella about two seconds to kitty approve it.
The bottom has curved corners.
The top has a pillow tuck.
It is a large, very heavy quilt. I'd love to leave it on my bed, but it has been way too hot to have anything more than a sheet on the bed. And I don't totally trust Bella. Mostly I don't trust Bella.
Angela gifted me these blocks. Maker is unknown.
There are 12 light blue blocks and 11 dark blue. Four of the blocks have been sewn together in a row. Since I don't have the sashing fabric I will probably take them apart and sash with something else. Still using the light and dark alternate block design.
The wedges are all hand basted then hand appliqued to the background fabric. None of the basting has been removed - I think I'm going to leave it.
I finally got brave enough to trim and bind Kira. I had the vacuum cleaner close by.
It wasn't too messy. I like the black binding.
This is the "bad" corner. A few toe catcher tucks.
Overall not overly noticeable.
Second quilt using the pantograph. The binding is made and ready to attach. I'll turn it back in to the guild next Monday.
I finished the butterfly top this afternoon.
I really like the green sashing. I'll make the back and get it loaded tomorrow (or maybe tonight). I want to finish it by Friday's Quilts for Kids meeting. I have no idea how I've going to quilt the already quilted butterfly blocks.
3 comments:
I love that yo-yo quilt! And everything else! Really love Kira!
I am back...just had to look at these on the computer. Can you imagine sitting and doing the yo-yo quilt...all that weight in your lap. Or maybe you could sit at a table and work with most of the weight on the table. She sure did a wonderful job. Wouldn't you like to know the number of stitches?
Oh wow that is a gorgeous yo-yo quilt. I missed your post and Rose just shared it with me. Your Kira quilt is beautiful too. I will check out an older post to see what the story is on that quilt.
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