Antique quilt pink

  

Last February I have shown you the antique quilt I received from USA. In the box, together with the Monkey Wrench grey quilt there was a second one : this pink quilt. It's a wonderful antique 1870s quilt, the pattern is Water Mill small scale and the size is for a queen size bed. I love everything in it, but especially this incredible green sashing. The brown backing is as well beautiful (you can see it in the fourth picture). This is such an inspiring quilt, as regards the pattern, and the combination of colors!

String Quilt Binding

My String quilt is back from Eleni's, who again did a beautiful quilting!

It's now time to prepare it for binding. As I have added a neutral beige sashing, I thought that a busy binding, recalling a fabric I used in several blocks, would be fine.

I trim the sides.

The binding is done and I will sew it as explained in MY TUTORIAL.

For the back of the quilt, as usual, I will hand sew the binding, as explained in my other TUTORIAL .

Listening to music, I relax and I sew, really enjoying this phase of the whole quilting.

Almost finished!

I think I like it!

Enjoy your Sunday stitches!

Christine

Kaleidoscope Quilt Top

This is a top I finished many years ago. At that time in Greece it was difficult to find fabrics for quilting. Travelling was expensive, we did not know how to import and we had to wait for somebody of the group to travel abroad and bring us some pieces of fabrics that we were considering as treasures! Very often I asked my sons, students at that time, to bring me fabrics from Paris or London! We would not throw any inch of this precious fabric! So I was collecting whatever scraps nice friends were giving me, and that's how I did this kaleidoscope quilt, without any selection of fabric colors or style. However, since then it remained in a closet with some other tops. I think that one of the reasons is that I was hand quilting all my works, and therefore advancing very slowly. Now I thought of giving it to be machine quilted, so I added a sashing, choosing red color as "in the doubt add red". I like the result and it is now ready to be quilted.

Happy quilting to everyone!

Christine

Pink Baby Girl Quilt Finished

The second baby quilt for the little twin girls is finished. I had shown Here, and Here the progress of this quilt. It was a pleasure for me to work on them, and I hope it will as well be a pleasure for the mother to receve this gift. It's my seventh baby quilt in a few months, and for the time being I don't think that any baby is expected in my surrounding, so that I can think of a new project with other kinds of fabrics… Hum… thinking twice about this, it may be wiser to finish some tops stored in my closet for too long!

Have a wonderful week-end!

Christine

String Top Finished

Here is my finished top. I chose a neutral tune for the sashing, and for the binding I will use a fabric left from the blocks. The backing will as well be neutral. The size is 1.75/2 yards. I will offer it to my daughter for her new appartment. She loves joyful colors!

Not easy to take pictures in the wind!

Behind the hanged top is a fig tree, and in the corner you can see a little cat passing by.

Focus on my rose tree, a little spoilt by the high wind. 

I wish everyone a wonderful sunday and a happy Mother's Day!

Christine