I chose to use the blues and greens from this incredible line. This was not my first idea when I was asked to participate but once I got the fabrics in my hot little hands I did a 180 and decided on something else altogether. It is interesting how actually SEEING fabrics can change your mind.
I thought I had it all figured out but then I realized I did the math incorrectly. I had to rip the entire thing apart and pretty much start from scratch.
It was frustrating at first but the reconstruction was not that horrible as I had expected. I learned some great things from stitching it piece by piece.
The whole quilt was so much easier to process when I could see it all up on the design wall!
Not fun but it went back together again pretty quickly!
With the help of the in house 11 year old, I was able to grab some photos by the Rappahannock River around the corner from the childhood home of George Washington.
We went rock jumping with our filp flops and had a great time! I had to climb high up on one rock and he took my camera ( I may have been scared) and climbed another rock far across from me to capture a few photos
The quilt was pieced using Aurifil 50 wt thread. Because I was pressing all the seams open, I decreased my stitch length to 2.1. Decreasing the stitch length makes the stitches tighter and less likely to show thread when pressing.
I think this is my favorite shot! We had to hike along to find a variety of opportunities for photos. It was such a beautiful day and uncrowded along the river making it just a fun hike.
Not all the photo ops were dangerous but it is always better when there is a story attached 😉
Ask me about my Aurifil train case photo sometime, it was literally life or death and lectures from strangers!
He is SO hired as my new photographer!
For the first time ever in this house everyone loves a quilt. The in house teen says it looks like impressionist art. I was all giddy when she gave such a wonderful compliment!
Thank you so much Mathew for inviting me to play with your beautiful fabrics 💗💗💗
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- Monday July 16: Amanda Woodruff of A Crafty Fox
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- Friday July 20: Sharon McConnell of Color Girl Quilts
- Saturday July 21: Elina Temmes of Elina Temmes
- Monday July 23: Meghan Buchanan of Then Came June
- Tuesday July 24: Nicole Daksiewicz of Modern Handcraft
- Wednesday July 25: Cristy Stuhldreher of I Love You Sew
- Thursday July 26: Kate Basti of Quilt with Kate
- Friday July 27: Courtney Davis posting at Melly Sews
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- Sunday August 5: Brett Lewis of Natural Born Quilter
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- Wednesday August 8: Sharon Burgess of Lilabelle Lane Creations
- Thursday August 9: Maureen Cracknell of Maureen Cracknell Handmade
- Friday August 10: Kylie Gersekowski of Little Moo Designs
5 comments
The quilt looks amazing. But I can't believe you didn't post a link to the Aurifil Train Case photo. Some of us are deadly curious.
Yes ⬆️ So curious!
Your quilt is beautiful and this pattern is on my list! 💙
HA! It was used for promotional stuff.
Beautiful work! I would love to know your plan for quilting it. I have just put a similar quilt on my Longarm that my wife did. @heritagequilting
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