Friday, September 9, 2022

An Old UFO, Finally Finished

One of the UFOs I brought with me in the move to AZ from STL was this one. The top was finished in late 2019. You can see it here; this photo of it with the sun glowing through is one of my all-time favorites. 


I finally finished this quilt. I quilted it on PCQ's long arm with a meander in the center and a leafy vine in the border. Let's just say I need a lot more practice trying to make consistent motifs like leaves freehand on the long arm. 

The top was pieced together race-style using 1-1/2" wide cut strips, with the black and white stoppers to break them up. The stoppers fell wherever they landed in the race construction process, like bits of confetti. This was a fun top to make because I had no idea how it would turn out so there was no way to predict what it would look like. 

The backing is a hot pink batik and I used pink thread for the quilting. The quilt finished about 51 x 61" and I'll donate it via PCQ to the local family services agency. 

I love this quilt if I do say so myself. I'm inspired to make another strippy race-style quilt, and I have a lot of already cut strips to get me started. 


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9 comments:

  1. I like the looks of the black and white squares landing wherever, I see several almost four patches! I'll bet that was unexpected, but oh so fun! Really, really cute!!

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  2. Very very fun ! Quiltdivajulie

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  3. It turned out great!!! I, too, love the picture with the light streaming through.

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  4. I remember when you pieced this quilt top! Adding in the black and white stoppers really brought this quilt top to life. Congratulations on the finish. :)

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  5. This is wonderful Jan. Makes me want to go check my bin of strips!

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  6. Amazing finish — 1.5” strips? Yikes but they made a wonderful quilt. I think the stoppers added a lot of interest.

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  7. It turned out fabulous. The person who receives it will be lucky indeed.

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