These are both gift quilts: one for a friend and her husband and one for a new baby. Here they are all folded up, about to be packed and mailed:
The first quilt I finished was made up of hourglass blocks. I pieced them all over the summer on my Singer 66, and then they sat, and sat, and sat over the fall, because I didn’t have time to finish it until the semester was over. But now it’s done!
The backing is a boat print, because the mother and the grandparents all sail. You can see in this picture that I quilted a simple diagonal grid 1/4″ on each side of the hourglass blocks.
I used a black pezzy print for the binding because I didn’t want to emphasize any particular color from the front. I think it works! I wish I had more of this fabric in stash to do the same in the future — I’ll just have to keep an eye out for similarly useful prints. I attached the binding by stitching it down twice. On the back you see two lines of stitching:
On the front, you only see one, because the other is hidden at the intersection of the binding and the quilt:
The other quilt is for friends of mine, because they live in northern England and it gets coooooold! For this one I used a pattern by Elizabeth Hartmann: her New Wave Quilt.
I cut my fat quarters very, very carefully, and had enough extra pieces to showcase the wave pattern on the back of the quilt as well:
This one I quilted by stitching in the ditch along the edges of the white sashing. I stitched smaller diamonds within the “waves” as well. Then I did some free-motion quilting in the sashing, which I’m really quite proud of.
I did the same kind of binding on this quilt, and also bound it in a pezzy print, though this one was navy, to complement the blues of the quilt.
Not bad for a break that only started on December 23rd!
Wow, you’ve been productive! I love those quilts – great colour! Especially love that you used pezzy for the binding — great idea!
Love your quilts! Two finishes, congratulations! The FMQ is lovely.
Very nice!
Wow, those are both beautiful! I especially love the hourglass blocks–they pack such a pleasing punch, but such a pain in the arse to make, am I right? :)
Both quilts turned out lovely. I like the idea of having the backing fabric be something special to the folks you are giving the quilt to. Nice touch.
Oh I love the backing on the first one, the pink water is lovely. Well done lots of hard work I hope they will be appreciated :)