Sunday, September 29, 2013

Well, I finally finished the redesign of my in-laws 50th anniversary quilt.  It took me about 18 months to figure our how to redesign the quilt, and then accomplish the redesign.  I am getting ready to send it out for quilting.  It is pieced and appliqued, so I have considered both machine and hand quilting.  Any thoughts about it would be appreciated.  Also, I wrote a poem to go with the quilt, not sure how to incorporate that into this heirloom.  Again thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks Kim for all your inspiration.
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9 comments:

  1. WoolenSailsSeptember 29, 2013 at 9:12 PM

    It depends on how long the poem is, it would look nice, written around the white border in stitchery?

    Debbie

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  2. Angie in SoCalSeptember 29, 2013 at 9:22 PM

    It's gorgeous! I would put the poem on the label. And I'd have it machine appliqued.

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  3. kim mcleanSeptember 30, 2013 at 12:42 AM

    Marvellous, what a gorgeous 50th anniversary quilt. I'd put the poem on the label before quilting, it will be permanent then. Hand quilting is lovely but it does take a lot of time. I have mine machine quilted these days, otherwise I won't have time to do all the quilts I have in mind, a lot of stuff seems to be in the " not in my lifetime" category these days. I'd do a lot of feather quilting in the white border, may be do some trapunto after?

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  4. MarionSeptember 30, 2013 at 8:00 AM

    Your quilt is a beautiful way to adapt Kim's designs. I agree with Kim that the white space cries out for elaborate feathering.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 30, 2013 at 9:58 AM

    Gorgeous. Depending on how intricate your quilting is, you could incorporate their names, the names of their descendants, and the date of their marriage into the white space around the edges.

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  6. YukiOctober 1, 2013 at 10:49 PM

    cute, cute, cute!

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  7. Teresa Duryea WongOctober 2, 2013 at 8:24 AM

    Go with the machine quilting so you can give the gift sooner. It will still be beautiful. Well done on the design.

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  8. MiriamNovember 10, 2013 at 11:51 PM

    what a beautiful quilt, one of those that I wish I had time to do :) I vote for machine quilting as well (I'm partial...since I'm a machine quilter.) There are so many beautiful things that machine quilting can accomplish that just doesn't come across as well with hand quilting.

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  9. Teresa Duryea WongJanuary 14, 2014 at 7:12 AM

    The choice of using DMC is perfect. I love that you have quilted over the applique, that is very brave and really give the whole thing a uniuqe look... and as you said, I'm sure it has a great feel. Well done. Keep going. Love it! Teresa at third floor quilts

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