When last we left an incomplete tale of a quilt, (yes it was a while ago, last year in fact, but in my defence...OK I have no defence, moving on...) perle threads had auditioned and were nervously awaiting the maker's decision...
The contenders for thread colour narrowed to pastel blue or green...but given the maker had failed in her
quest for backing fabric having discovered the intended
had been used something else and only scraps remained and, having the
attention span of a goldfish, she promptly moved on to something else (or maybe a dozen other something else's but let's not go down that track shall we)…
Then from a magic fabric warehouse in another location came fabric for the backing…
The fabric looked for in vain was green with white daisies, which was unbeknown to the elf who lives in the magic warehouse, so the offer from the elf for the puppies to play in daisies was serendipitous indeed…thread basting took place and ditches were quilted to provide stability...finally the quilting began...
Big stitch perle echo quilting around each puppy shape…
Bones in
the white space...
...and then what? So it sat for a while as further
options were considered and discarded...even started and nope, that is
not going to work...what to do? what to do?...P-faff
beckoned...come here little quilt and let me stitch on you some
more...and so the quilt acquiesced and let P-faff play with the borders,
quilting contoured lines through the border shapes...
A combination of some fun favs...30's repros...puppies...apple core (or as it is known between me and the magic elf - dog bone) shapes...scallopy edges...happy :)
Then from a magic fabric warehouse in another location came fabric for the backing…
Big stitch perle echo quilting around each puppy shape…
And for the binding?...the backing fabric waved so hard to be chosen it almost did itself an injury and with that much enthusiasm for the job it won...
Happy Stitching...
13 comments:
beautiful!!
well done on completing this gorgeous little quilt.
No need for a defence after finishing this lovely.
Well worth the wait. Such a pretty little quilt and you do fabulous quilting on it.
Wow Annette this is amazing I love it,give Jo a hug for me tomorrow,have fun.xx
Gee that is just so lovely......
Your little quilt looks amazing Annette. You've done a fantastic job with it.
I cracked up laughing the whole way through this post- so entertaining. It sounded a lot like the talks I give myself !
The finished product though is a real beauty! Apple cores/Bones - who cares it's done and its WONDERFUL!
Very cute finish. Love the bone quilting and the wavy border....I'm sure that was fun to bind!
oh it's just gorgeous... I love the whole story and the end result is so pretty... I agree with Marina.. no defence necessary... it's all part of the creative journey?????
Hugz
Your puppies look very cheerful with their pretty bones.
If these things didn't take so long to decide they wouldn't tell such interesting stories!
Enjoy your doggy bones.
What a sweet little quilt. Beautiful work.
very cute...great to have it finished........
That is so nice! Very nice fabrics! :)
Hugs, Ulla
Hi Annete, thought you were coming to retreat, didn't see you last night & was supposed to pass on a message. So a belated HI from SHEZ..
CUTE QUILT TOO.
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