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Quilting: Block 20 at last!!!
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Block 20 at last!!!

Diamond block

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Diamond block

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Free Motion Quilting a Sampler »
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Category: Quilting

Type of item: Functional

For: Home

Style: Romantic, Traditional, Classic

Materials

Cotton fabric; polyester wadding and thread.

What was your inspiration?

Amy Butler's free BOM course for 2012 and Leah Day's course "Free Motion Qulting a Sampler". And, of course, all my Craftsy friends' blocks and quilts - so much inspriation - their encouragement and example is priceless!

What are you most proud of?

Having eventually got to the last one without falling by the wayside! Now to put all those 20 blocks together! Quite a marathon!

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Keep plodding on - you'll get there in the end and you'll learn so much along the way!

 

28 comments

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Merleena on craftsy.com
Merleena
Mar 04, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
LOVE the green and purple together. Beautiful work!
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Mar 08, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you! The "Pure Velvet" range doesn't really have much green in it, so I found some lime green from another range which seemed to go well with it, and added it to give a bit of variety.
ljhunt on craftsy.com
ljhunt
Feb 13, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Wow, I read the comments, so you quilted each block separately, and Now, you have to put them together? I need to know how to do that, ** I am sure there is a special technique for that, anyone know what class, that would be? **
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Feb 15, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Leah Day explains in her class "Free Motion Quilting a Sampler" exactly how to quilt a block at a time (it's the "Quilt as You Go" method) and how to put it all together eventually. I'm so glad I did it that way as I only seem to be able to quilt in one direction successfully and would have thrown the whole lot out of the window if I'd struggled with such a big quilt all at once! This method involves quite a lot of hand-sewing, but can be done by machine if you prefer - Leah Day explains very clearly what to do. I finished the whole quilt last night (14 Feb) and will be posting a picture shortly, if you'd like to see it.
April Louise on craftsy.com
April Louise
Jan 30, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Gorgeous color and lovely quilting.Please post pictures of the finished quilt when you finish. I been peeking at you block since June # 2 and I enjoy looking at your fabrics and quilting. You are very talented.
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Feb 03, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you! I have sore fingers from the hand finishing (putting the quilt-as-you-go blocks together) at present and am waiting for some more fabric to arrive off the internet so that I can put the binding on and finish it at last!
WasaNewbieJean on craftsy.com
WasaNewbieJean
Jan 26, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Yeah Pat!!! What a wonderful job you've done with all 20 blocks. You've inspired me. Can't wait to see them all together. Well done!!!
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you, Jean. I can't wait either - I've just done the last bit of quilting on all of them (round the edges) and now have the sashing to put together. A real marathon, bus so worth it!
Morag2504 on craftsy.com
Morag2504
Jan 26, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Love the colours!!!
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you. It started out as am exercise to use up leftovers, but I got the "bug" and it gradually took on a more uniform look after I'd ordered some more fabric (which I was trying to avoid doing!)
Feliz on craftsy.com
Feliz
Jan 25, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
I too love those shades of purple, what a wonderful job you have done.
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you - I've still got a long way to go though - and lots of other projects are calling me ... I must be patient and finish one thing at a time!
Darns on craftsy.com
Darns
Jan 25, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
All right!!! I love the purple! This is going to look so good when assembled. Leah Day's class was great. Please put together soon - want to see it!!
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you! Yes - isn't it a super class! I feel I learnt so much, and it's there for revision whenever it's wanted - I'm so pleased I found Craftsy!
Pam NZ on craftsy.com
Pam NZ
Jan 24, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Wahoooo Patricia! Well done you! This one is just gorgeous... very!
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you - still quite a lot more to be done before I can rest on any laurels (and still lots of chances to spoil it too!) I really must remeber the old saying, "More haste, less speed"!
dohewston10265 on craftsy.com
dohewston10265
Jan 24, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Great quilting - I've already stitched all my blocks together (thanks to a very wet summer in Wales) so I shall have a lot of fun tackling the quilting in one big piece! I' m soaking up the sun in New Zealand at present, so sewing has to wait!
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Good for you - enjoy that sun as there ain't too much here at the moment! (Raining again!)
3patch on craftsy.com
3patch
Jan 24, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Wonderful! It is so different than most of the projects here.
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you - it's amazing how we've all been doing the same thing and how we've all made the quilts our own just by using different fabrics and colours!
desna on craftsy.com
desna
Jan 24, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Congratulations pat you are a star ****** how brilliant it must be to have finished the last one. Do you reccommend doing them separately or do you wish you had made the top up first... this is my dilema before I start.... well one of them I am still practising fmq on a plain piece of fabric.
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you, Desna! I'm so pleased that I opted for the "quilt as you go" methos as I think I may hve given up on the FMQ if I'd had to wrestle a bit quilt around. I've done some very basic vermicelli quilting on a big quilt before, which was okay, but with all the intricate patters I really did need to manouevre the small blocks around. This is probably because I seem only to be able to sew in one direction - lots more practice needed!
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Sorry about the typing - ("bit" for "big" , "methos" for "method" etc) but it's Rupert, my cat's fault - he's squeezed himself onto my lap between me and the keyboard (it's cold today)!
saxostamper on craftsy.com
saxostamper
Jan 24, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
I love this one too - you have done such a wonderful job of this K
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 24, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Thank you, Diane! As I've gone for the "quilt as you go" option, there's still an awful to to be done. At present I'm awaiting a delivery of some more thread, bought off the internet, in order to do the wiggly lines around all the separate blocks, before joining them together. I think I'll forgo my idea of a "piano-key" border - I've just about had enough of this quilt!
4Bird on craftsy.com
4Bird
Jan 24, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
What a wonderful job, I'm thinking you must be so proud to have completed all of the blocks. What an adventure. I'm looking forward to seeing the purples come alive together. Hang in there. Thank you so much for sharing.
Projectpam on craftsy.com
Projectpam
Jan 26, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
I also love the colors and the quilting. Can't wait to see it finished.
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
patz in suffolk
Jan 29, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you. Still plenty more to be done, and I hear all sorts of other prljects calling me - I must be careful not to spoil it by trying to finish it too quickly!

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