*UPDATE: I took this quilt over to show my friend Janet, today, and she is going to display it on her stand at the Spring Quilt Fair at Duxford in March - if you're going there you might get to see it too!!
Do you remember this Mango Salsa quilt top that I pieced together back in September 2012? The fabric was called "Mango Salsa" and was a couple of packs of pre-cut 10" squares, by Timeless Treasures, and was purchased from Glenroy Designs. This pattern is called "McGuffy" from the book "Schibbles Times Two" by Carrie Nelson, and was a breeze to put together! Well I finally took it to Janette, a longarm quilter, and on Saturday I drove over to her studio to collect it, and as usual I wasn't disappointed..... .....the quilting pattern that I chose is called "Frisky Feathers" and contrasts beautifully against the geometric design of the quilt top. Janette had suggested an extra-wide backing, in mustard yellow, which looks great. She also suggested a quilting thread in a similar shade as the backing - this blends nicely with the backing fabric and looks stunning on the front..... .....my original plan was to use the same batik fabric for the binding that I had used for the inner border, but when I saw the finished quilt I thought it needed something a bit stronger for the binding. So on the way home from Janette's studio, I made a detour to Quilters Haven, my local quilt shop, and look what I found!! This beautiful orange batik that went perfectly with the oranges and yellows in the quilt..... .....I decided to use a wider binding on the quilt, and cut 3.5" strips of this gorgeous batik. I joined the strips together with diagonal seams, then folded the binding in half lengthways. Once the edges of the quilt top had been trimmed, I stitched the binding into place on the front of the quilt using a Mettler quilting thread in both the top and in the bobbin..... .....the binding is then folded over to the back of the quilt, pinned into place and stitched by hand using the same Mettler quilting thread (shade 517). I had already added one of my new labels to the back of the quilt (I stitched this in place before I machined the binding on)..... .....what do you think? I'm so pleased with this one - it looks so bright! I took a picture of it spread out on my bed, so you can see the full effect, but it will also be perfect over the back of the sofa.
*UPDATE: I took this quilt over to show my friend Janet, today, and she is going to display it on her stand at the Spring Quilt Fair at Duxford in March - if you're going there you might get to see it too!!
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Caz
27/1/2013 07:25:20 am
Stunning,great work,, love the binding fabric!
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Vicki Hoffman
3/2/2013 07:19:46 am
I love the bright colors and the pattern for Mango Salsa! Is this the Bento Block pattern?
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