Impromptu
Okay, this quilt was just plain hard to photograph. Because it's huge. The original pattern finished at 96 inches square, then I added another 8 or 10 inches of borders, to get it to comfortably fit a king size bed. So yeah, huge. But I love it. The fabric is an older line, Tradewinds, and I adore the colors!
These teacups are my favorite print! This also shows the quilting well - there is a stipple over most of it, with designs in the large blocks. This is a layer cake pattern, a variation on a disappearing 9-block, and it went together pretty quickly.
Here it is in situ, and I'm quite pleased with the final result! I did have a bit of panic when I got it back from the quilter. She said she used a fabric pen to mark the quilting designs on the large squares, only I have a suspicion she'd accidentally used a regular pen, because the marks did NOT come out. I washed three times, and did some serious spot treatment, and got most of them out, but you can still see a few of the residual marks. I'm getting her a box of Frixion pens for Christmas...
These teacups are my favorite print! This also shows the quilting well - there is a stipple over most of it, with designs in the large blocks. This is a layer cake pattern, a variation on a disappearing 9-block, and it went together pretty quickly.
Here it is in situ, and I'm quite pleased with the final result! I did have a bit of panic when I got it back from the quilter. She said she used a fabric pen to mark the quilting designs on the large squares, only I have a suspicion she'd accidentally used a regular pen, because the marks did NOT come out. I washed three times, and did some serious spot treatment, and got most of them out, but you can still see a few of the residual marks. I'm getting her a box of Frixion pens for Christmas...
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