here it is, FINALLY ... I'm using MY Hugs and Kisses quilt for my entry to Bloggers Quilt Festival!
after months of work...
The middle of the quilt is by Riley Blake one of her free patterns available on her web site.
( In hindsite, I should have added another column of blocks, so the outer cornerstone blocks would be alternated. But I wanted the eye to follow the black or whiteish blocks to the outside, but now the outer borders look unbalanced. Do you see how the kisses blocks alternate to the larger hugs blocks and the hugs blocks alternate to the larger white blocks? They were all to be black hugs blocks, but it didn't work out as I was running out of time!)
Then I saw the middle green herringbone border on the Web, I knew it was just what this quilt needed, as Hubby's favourite colour is Green.
I found this multiple border technique complicated! I had to get the herringbone border together, the medium black and white borders on, trim it up to fit the body of the quilt and then attach them to the main part of the quilt. Once those were on, I could attach the hugs and kisses blocks.
Then, I made the mistake of asking hubby what to put on the back. I should have bought a black sheet at Walmart, but I didn't. He said anything can go on the back, just don't buy anything new! Darn!
So it took me another few evenings to draw, imagine, cut, realize the 3 x 22 in blocks wouldn't reach across the width of the quilt! So then, I had to decide about the sashing, and then fit in the black cornerstone blocks. That took another 2 evenings to get together and press!
Then an evening to spray baste the quilt and make the binding
Then a final evening to quilt the quilt, just about did me in!
I just did a simple meandering with loops, it is easy to do hearts and it melded itself into circles. I think from the influence of a few of the prints, with circles. I did an zig zag pattern on the green border following the fabrics and then the same quilting as in the middle, on the outer border, due to time constraints...
The Guild Quilt Challenge was a bust, my quilt, my labour of love, got thrown into a corner and no one could see my designs, my hard work! But now it is done!
Moral of this quilt story, only ONE person sets a deadline, and unless it is a matter of life and death, it is an imagined deadline, one which doesn't really matter in the whole wide world!
It is our long weekend here! Enjoy the last of the weekend where ever you are!
Take care, Leslie
