It was wonderful to finally sew these quilt blocks together into a finished top.
I knew from the beginning that I wanted to use the blue flowered print as my outside border, but I had debated what color to use for the inside grid. It came down to this multicolored print (which looks grey from a distance) or a variation on a red stripe. When I auditioned the red print, it was just too much red -- all the other colors seemed to drain away. I like the way my final choice allows all the colors to shine. I'm saving the red print for my binding, which I think will be a nice frame around the entire quilt.
Here is my new and improved Block 11 after last week's minor debacle. I'm so glad I caught that mistake before I sewed the blocks together!
I'm excited to start work on the quilt back this week. My plan is to pull together all the leftover pieces from making the blocks and use them to make one or two giant scrappy ornaments on the back. We'll see how it goes. First I need to finish my grandmother's Vintage Holiday lap quilt. I'm hoping to have an update on that one tomorrow, so stay tuned!
Oh you are doing so good on these!! I like your choice for the framing for sure!
ReplyDeleteI love your fabric choices for the borders and I never noticed that rogue block!
ReplyDeleteLooks good. I have mine finished too and I would be interested to know how you will be quilting it.
ReplyDeleteStunning!! I love all the colors you used and the borders are perfect :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, i may need to get this pattern!!
ReplyDeletereally nice! i agree, i think the red print binding is going to look fabulous
ReplyDeleteoh, so lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt top turned out gorgeous! I just love it. Excellent work!
ReplyDeleteThe borders and sashing are just perfect!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful, Heidi! I really love your use of non-Christmas fabric.....very original and lovely!
ReplyDeleteI love the colours together!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love this. Your choice of border is just right and I think a red binding will really set it off.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful! I love your borders!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Heidi ; ) fabulous job
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! Really really nice.
ReplyDeleteI really like how its turning out. The dark blue on the edge makes it pop. While I was looking at it I thought, they could easily represent all the seasons with the blues for winter, harvest colors and the other combinations. Leave it out all year!! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt top looks great! I love the idea of having some big ornaments on the back!
ReplyDeleteI like it a lot!
ReplyDeletelooking really good :) Mine is still in many pieces...I think I might try and get it done by the end of this month....girl's gotta have a goal!
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