Yesterday, I finished binding this quilt that I have seen referred to as Spot in the Middle. I have heard others call it Framed Square. Either way, I REALLY LIKE the finished quilt.
After being undecided on how to finish the piecing, I settled on a fairly modern design featuring ONE side border of a solid light tan, giving me a good place to showcase some "Big Stitch" hand-quilting.
I machine-quilted approximately one half-inch inside of each block's outer seam, in both directions. Then, after hand-quilting the cable in the solid tan fabric border, using an exaggerated size stitch, I went back and quilted a square one-half inch outside of each block's center square, doing it also with the bigger stitches. I used a thread from Coats and Clark, called Bold Hand Quilting Thread.
Each block measures 6 inches, finished, and with 10 rows of 8 blocks, plus the 6-inch vertical border on the right, the finished measurements of the quilt are 54 x 60 inches.
The backing was happily pieced from bigger pieces from my stash of brown fabrics (mostly), and I much prefer it to any ONE fabric that I could have used by itself.
I just had to get this little fussy-cut square into this quilt. Quilting certainly DOES bring me joy in the many hours that I spend alone.
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After being undecided on how to finish the piecing, I settled on a fairly modern design featuring ONE side border of a solid light tan, giving me a good place to showcase some "Big Stitch" hand-quilting.
I machine-quilted approximately one half-inch inside of each block's outer seam, in both directions. Then, after hand-quilting the cable in the solid tan fabric border, using an exaggerated size stitch, I went back and quilted a square one-half inch outside of each block's center square, doing it also with the bigger stitches. I used a thread from Coats and Clark, called Bold Hand Quilting Thread.
Each block measures 6 inches, finished, and with 10 rows of 8 blocks, plus the 6-inch vertical border on the right, the finished measurements of the quilt are 54 x 60 inches. 
The backing was happily pieced from bigger pieces from my stash of brown fabrics (mostly), and I much prefer it to any ONE fabric that I could have used by itself. 
I just had to get this little fussy-cut square into this quilt. Quilting certainly DOES bring me joy in the many hours that I spend alone.
Love this!
ReplyDeleteHi Dolly, I love seeing your quilts...really! They are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys ! Good to hear from you both !
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