I quilted it with gray thread using my wavy quilting technique.
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purple and gray.
8.13.2012
I finished another quilt this weekend! If feels good to be crossing projects off my list. This one came together quickly, I started it two Sundays ago and finished the binding last night while watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. One week from start to finish! That's pretty good for me.
It's really scrappy, with lots of purple and gray prints and solids with some black and white prints mixed in. I used up a ton of strip scraps that I had laying around in this quilt!
You can really see the quilting on the back! I love the texture it creates. It's bound in Heath which also really pops against the backing.
The back is super simple with a few strips of prints used on the front surrounded by Kona Ash.
There's a very similar quilt to this in Sunday Morning Quilts, if you're looking for some instruction on how to make this type of quilt. I don't have the book yet but I've heard it's great. I do want to get a copy for some new ideas on how to manage my ever increasing scraps!
This one goes pretty well with my fainting couch, so that's where it will stay for now. I'll be sending it along to it's new owner very soon.
Hope you're having a great Monday!
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Wow, Holly - this is gorgeous! I just became a fan of purple seeing this. Amazing colors and love the wavy quilting too.
ReplyDeleteso pretty holly. I really need to try a quilt like this! You're on a roll!
ReplyDeleteNow that is what I call a "Happy Quilt". Love it!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! I love the purples.
ReplyDeleteI love it! Can't believe how many great purples are in the quilt, it looks amazing! Love the simple pattern you did.
ReplyDeleteYou work full time right? At another job? And help your family out with their restaurant design needs? And manage to make all these beautiful creations?! You are inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI love the way that even though you have cut the strips straight the quilting make them look bendy and the colours are just perfect
ReplyDeleteHelen
www.thelittlecraftstore.co.nz
you are on fire my friend! xo lovely quilt!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt. I love how the wavy quilting softens the stacked coins!
ReplyDeletea week to finish a quilt is definitely pretty good! for anyone! yowza. i do love it. such great colors, you're actually making me like purple!
ReplyDeleteOh I really LOVE this quilt - the colour palette, design and quilting are gorgeous. How can you part with it?
ReplyDeleteIt's so beautiful! I agree; the quilting gives it such great texture, and I just love all the scrappy strips!
ReplyDeleteI don't normally go for purples, but I am so drawn in by this quilt. Great job, Holly!
ReplyDeletereally pretty!
ReplyDeleteI like how this design looks structured and scrappy at the same time.
What a gorgeous quilt! The scrappy look definitely compliments the design and the colors are beautiful. I might need to make a quilt similar to this for my sister. Wonderful job!
ReplyDeleteWish I had that many scraps to pull together a quilt as awesome as this! Wonderful!!!
ReplyDeletelove the colors and I love how the i wavy quilting totally changed the look of the quilt.
ReplyDeleteLovely. The quilting is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely! Wouldn't have thought to put those colors together but it came out amazing.
ReplyDeletelove the colors/fabrics you chose, beautiful job!
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