I used a mini pack of blue batik fabrics and some white jelly roll strips to make this quilt. I would have preferred to make this without sashing as I really enjoyed the way the non-sashed blocks aligned together, but I didn't have enough fabric for that option. However, after I started piecing it, I was really glad for the sashing to be there. The precuts were all slightly different widths, which made sewing a proper seam allowance challenging. If there was no sashing and the blocks were all touching, the strips might look misaligned. But sashing disguises any of those problems. I had some trouble with the bias edges, which stretched even with minimal handling. Assembly was a bit painful, but somehow I managed a flat quilt. I'm not sure how that happened.
When deciding how to quilt this, I initially decided to do an edge-to-edge echo shell design. Easy, quick ... and apparently, I didn't *really* want to do that. The idea of ignoring the geometry and the piecing on the quilt was heartbreaking. At the last minute, I changed my entire quilting design so that it's completely custom quilting, filled with feathers, echoes, piano keys, the works. It took several times as long as an echo shell design would have taken, but I don't mind ... I piece to quilt, after all! I'm really proud of my feathers in this quilt, as they're definitely the best feathers I've ever done. However, the piano keys were free hand and they weren't so hot. But as bad as they are, I didn't rip them out, and figured that every finished quilt is just a stepping stone to becoming a better quilter.
Despite the less than stellar piano keys, overall I'm very pleased with how this quilt turned out. I want to try tube piecing again sometime, for sure.
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A beautiful quilt! I love it with the sashing, never guessed the design didn't have it to begin with because it really adds to the look. Great quilting - really compliments the quilt.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Actually, the original pattern did have sashing, but I wanted to skip it as I don't like putting on sashing. I did end up having to, of course, and I agree with you that it adds to the look.
DeleteIt looks great! Your quilting is really nice!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt, but could not find the pattern on your pattern tab, do you have it available for sale?
ReplyDeleteThank you, but this is not my pattern. This pattern is part of Amy Gibson's Cozy Throw Quilt class on Craftsy. The link is at the top of my post. I'm not aware if it's for sale individually without the video workshop.
DeleteHELP. I want to make a quilt for my daughter's wedding and she never likes what I show her....she loved this is there a pattern....pretty please and thank you
ReplyDeleteThis is the class where the pattern is from: https://www.craftsy.com/class/learn-to-quilt-cozy-throw-quilt/
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