This one's been a year in the making. A box containing the elements of this quilt traveled to Pennsylvania with me last summer and I really did spend some off-time in my hotel room trimming half-square triangles to size.
It went to The Glen last week, needing only a border. And one good day of sewing (once the lights went back on) had it finished.
I'm pleased with the outcome--I've wanted to do a red and white quilt for years but never could see my way clear to quite get to it. And I kept collecting fabric... This seems to be a year of Getting Things Done, which is a good thing. But I have enough reds and white to make many more red and white quilts. The stash never seems to go down. Hmm. Why is that?
And there's a bit of family heritage in this quilt. The floral print with the brown and red flowers was used in a coverlet my grandmother made for my bed when I was a kid. This was some extra fabric I found among her sewing things and recognized right away.
This one will be going out to be quilted. I've quilted large quilts on my Bernina in the past but it IS a wrestling match and I'm not in a wrestling mood.
16 comments:
Absolutely beautiful. I'm a lover of the red & white quilts.
Very cool!!!
Spec-tac-u-lar, Kathie! The piano keys border really sets things off, too. What's the final size?
wheee, congrats, it's wonderful. I love the border - all your work really paid off.
What a beautiful quilt! And how cool to have some of your grandmother's fabric in it!! Yeah, what is it with the stash, that it never goes down?? I've had the same problem with my crumbs. Must have "fluffed"!
I love this quilt Kathie, red and white quilts are among my favourites.
Thank you so much for the wonderful treats that arrived today - so much appreciated. And thank you also for the concern re our traffic 'incident' yesterday.
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
Oh my dear, this IS DELECTABLE! What fun to study all the fabrics - I would never get tired of looking at them all. The striped inner border is perfect.
Beeeeutifullll!
Your red and white is simply gorgeous!! I aim to try the Delectable Mountains pattern some day.... Love the boarder!
happy stitchings...
It's stunning. Red and white always look fab together!
Oh, that is beautiful!!
Beautiful Delectable Mountains! This has been on my to-do list for years. I love the scrappiness of it.
It is wonderful. My friend made one that looks almost just like this last year!
This is beautiful! I've heard a rumor that next year's theme for the NQA will be red and white quilts. You are ahead of the game!
It is just beautiful!!! so pretty it sings!
I love it, stunning!
that is a really gorgeous quilt!
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