Tuesday 30 June 2020

Another finish to share

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Sunday was a grim, wet, cold and miserable day, just right for staying in doors and playing with some bright and cheerful fabrics. 
I've been dithering about how to quilt my batik strings for a week or two, and finally decided that as my trusty walking foot was already on my machine, some straight line quilting would be just fine.
I mean really, those lovely bright fabrics just speak for themselves don't they?
I kept it very simple. A row of stitches just inside the pretty squares.
And another outside the pretty squares.
Having quilted two quilts, even though they are quite small, my machine needed some love and defluffing.
Then it was time for binding. I found this amazing orange batik in my stash. Perfect for what I had in mind.
Last time I visited Cathy at the quilting shed, she was encouraging/challenging me to try something a little different. This is not quite what she was aiming me towards.
But I thought I might try this first.
The orange peeper, is not as narrow as I would like, but works beautifully with the green.
And I got to finish it with the machine, rather than by hand, so it was very quick too.
I have to say, I'm rather happy with that. Though I do want to try to get that peeper a little narrower.
I still have one more smaller quilt that needs to be quilted and bound.
Maybe it will get it's day this weekend.
Back to Kaffe tomorrow.
There is only one little bag of fabrics left!
Then I'll need to find another project.
Thanks for the scrap quilt suggestions.
Hmmm....
Trailmix seems to be the winner.
I do like the simplicity of it.
It's a maybe.

13 comments:

Fiona said...

I love your batik quilt and straight line quilting is underutilised I think.... great finish with the binding .... peeper is perfect...
Hugz

Janice said...

That is such a fun and bright quilt. The binding is perfect. Go on, you can do Trail Mix. Those tiny four patches aren’t so bad if you strip stitch.

Karen S said...

Your string blocks have worked so well in this quilt. I like the freshness of the green and I think the peeper in the edge is a great idea. It is a wonderful finish.

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

the orange at the binding is very nice - I like that

dq said...

This was a fantastic binding idea! My mother-in-law showed me something similar that I need to try. It really pops for you!

Maria said...

The bright batik quilt looks great with it's orange peeper....
Yeh go on do the Trail Mix.... I've started.....

Jenny said...

Lovely colours, the green and orange certainly make this quilt singa!

kiwikid said...

Beautiful quilt you have finished, the binding is great, the orange peeper looks really good. Do you feel the nudge towards the Trail mix quilt??

jude's page said...

That binding looks great, and well done on not overthinking the quilting, straight lines sometimes a good option

Flickenstichlerin said...

Love your quilt, wonderful colors and the pepper looks perfect. Congratulations to your finished quilt, yeah.

Lin said...

Lovely finish Lou - beautiful fabrics and your edging is grogeous. xx

Ondrea said...

That peeper binding really makes the quilt pop. A great idea. Simple quilting is often best for some quilts. Well done girl!

ButterZ said...

The Orange gives a great pop of colour. It looks lovely