Sunday, March 25, 2018

One down, one to go

  I actually got more accomplished this past week than I expected.  Sir Old Man did very good with the cataract surgery ....and he is a much better patient than I expected him to be. LOL.....luckily the "put in eye drops schedule" is much simpler now than a few years ago, I heard.  So I managed to quilt up the strippy quilt that had been waiting it's turn under the needle.


  A partial jelly roll was gifted to me, and I added about a dozen fabrics from my stash to put this together.  Mostly browns, black print, a bit of blue and cream create a cozy, stay at home feeling. 














  For the binding I found a brown paisley in the stash and was just short of enough  fabric to completely bind.  So I decided to make a flange binding.  That allowed me to make narrower cuts of the paisley, add a neutral strip for the flange  to make it all work.   I like the finished look. 

I used the tutorial found at Missouri Star for the binding.









  And one to go is the Boxed Squares of floral fabrics.   I originally planned to use straight line quilting making diagonal X's thru the boxes, but now I am having other thoughts.

  The pattern is hard, straight lines, and maybe I need to use a curved quilting to soften the look.  Not much  of any motif will show against the busy fabric, so a general meandering would work. 







 I had questions this week about my fabrics, so here are a couple of close ups of the floral fabrics I use all the time.    These should give you an idea of what to look for when searching for fabrics.  You can't just buy a pre-cut package of a fabric line and get all usable floral fabrics.  In a pre-cut pack, you might get one or two.  So I rarely buy pre-cuts.   Fat quarters are the best size for accumulating a floral collection, I think. 

  And once again,  No Reply commenters.....please include your email if you want an answer to questions.   There are many tutorials to explain how to link your email to your google identity. 
Happy stitching. 

9 comments:

Ray and Jeanne said...

Very nice strippy quilt and love the flange with the binding. It does look cozy. ~Jeanne

Mary said...

I'm so happy your hubby is doing well and the strippy quilt is a delight.

Vroomans' Quilts said...

The strip quilt is lovely and I like a flange binding to add a little to the design. FQs are the best to collect no matter what stash build up you are going for - excellent tip.

Quilting Babcia said...

Your jelly roll strip quilt is the first one I've actually liked - a lot! Must be the dark fabric choices, it just looks so warm and inviting, and we are still having 9 degree mornings in these parts...

Linda Swanekamp said...

Great work. Glad hubby is recovering seamlessly. Just got back from Lancaster and taking pictures off the camera.

Gene Black said...

For the Squared florals, why not use a wavy grid? Or just rows of wavy lines - simple but effective.

Janet O. said...

Glad your hubby's surgery went well! Is he surprised with how much better he can see?
Your jelly roll quilt turned out well. I think this style quilt always looks nicer in a controlled color palette like this. The flange binding is a nice touch.
Good call on softening the lines of quilting on the boxed squares. It will enhance the florals and be a good juxtaposition against the angles of the squares.

Mystic Quilter said...

Pleased to read your husband's surgery all went well, guess he's now waiting until the next one. What size is your strippy quilt?

sewyouquilt2 said...

Love your strippy and box quilts. Good idea on wavy quilting. Glad hubs is doing well. Unfortunately I too am facing that same surgery soon

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