Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Maison de Noel Done!

Well, it's been a cloudy, drizzly few days here which means I got a lot of sewing done and my Imagine quilt top from the Schnibbles Times 2 book is done. So while there is a peak of sun I thought I would plop it on a bed and sees what we have here. (I hadn't sewn on the top border yet in this picture.)
This was a delighfully, wonderful quilt to make. I loved the process and there have been many quilts that I have not enjoyed the process. The only change I made was to add an extra pieced square border all the way around to make it better for a queen size bed. It calls for just one row of the squares but I had enough fabric for the two rows so I went for it.   
I love the fabric, of course. I have been holding on to this bunch for a few years and finally found a pattern that I found visually interesting and would still show off the colors and patterns of the 3 Sisters Maison de Noel collection.
 
This is literally what I have left-some scraps and some bigger pieces of background. I'll probably find a way to make a table runner out of this chaos. The pattern gives directions for layer cakes but here is what I had to work with-I had 29 fat quarters and 2 yards of background fabric and it worked out perfectly. I did some math and I thought I had enough but if I didn't I was prepared to use some other 3 Sisters fabric I had from other lines. They all work well together.
I did not have on hand any backing or binding but if you look on-line there are still a few places that have a few of the fabrics. I did find enough for backing and I even found pre-made bias binding. That was easy to find and the prices were all over the place. It was as low as .50 to as high as 1.50 a yard. So on to my quilter now and then on to the small version of Imagine in a completely different colorway.

14 comments:

  1. That turned out just beautiful. I love teh way you made it work for your queen sized bed too. You could use the extra fabric for a dresser runner.

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  2. I just got my book a couple of days ago. Seeing your beautiful quilt makes me so inspired, it looks so gorgeous on your bed.

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  3. Your quilt is so lovely!! The perfect pattern to show off that beautiful fabric.

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  4. Beautiful quilt. I really like the color mix. What a great pattern for the fabrics.

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  5. Beautiful! I love that line. If you are looking for something in the turquoise colorway - I still have some left!! :)

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  6. Oh friend, FANTASTIC!!! I'm thinkin' and sayin' "mmm, mmm, mmm!"

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  7. Beautiful! I seem to see Schnibbles everywhere now :o) If you get a chance, check out my first giveaway on kwilting with katie :o) I think you'll like it... similar flavor to the snowman star quilt! http://kwiltingwithkatie.blogspot.com/

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  8. I really like it a lot...love the double row of squares in the border. A very beautiful quilt!

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  9. That is one gorgeous quilt and so perfect! I'm very impressed!

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  10. I love your blog. Your quilting and sewing are amazing. I like to quilt also, but I am a newbie. I stick to small items. Thank you for sharing!

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  11. Its beautiful! I checked back and it looks like it took you less than 2 weeks to put the quilt top together. Wow! You must have worked really hard on it.

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  12. Beautiful Quilt! I am wondering if you have any of the green that was used for the binding left? I have been on a search and coming up with none :( Did not buy enough for my project. Please let me know! Thanks!!

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