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Thursday, November 5, 2009

small blue quilt

I finally finished one of many partially completed sewing projects. It is a small quilted wall-hanging made using the method shown in this great tutorial. It was easy and quick to make the small strip log-cabin-style blocks with this method. The challenge was trying to get them to fit together in rows that were aesthetically pleasing, and then the rather laborious job of quilting each block. This was a fun way to use up a few colorful scraps, and I tried to challenge myself by using only scraps and not cutting into any large pieces. If I make another one of these quilts, I'd like to try a simpler, more freeform type of quilting (all-over wavy lines or stipple quilting) instead of the straight line quilting that I used. By the way, the size of the finished mini-quilt is about 15 x 20 inches.

3 comments:

Joanna said...

Great job, Robin! I love the bright colored patch work! I briefly perused through the tutorial, and for someone inexperienced in sewing, it still looks daunting:)

Given the small size, I wonder how you will use it.

cignoh said...

i always like your colors/patterns/combinations. thanks for posting and for showing the original tutorial too. nice job!

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