Friday, November 20, 2020

TGIFF - Book Club QAL

Earlier this year, I participated in the Book Club QAL hosted by Patty @ Elm Street Quilts and Kristin @ Simple Handmade Everyday   As usual, I put the quilt top aside to be quilted later.  😀

The quilt top is all hand pieced, so I wanted to do big stitch hand quilting with perle cotton.


I used orange thread to quilt inside all the orange fabrics and blue inside the blue fabrics.  Unfortunately, the blue blended a bit too well.  I stitched straight lines in white thread in the sashing and borders.


Here's a closeup of the stitching.


I used Wonderfil #8 perle cotton for the quilting and to hand stitch the binding.


So glad to cross another UFO off the list.  

I'm linking up with:

Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday @ Storied Quilts
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts
Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation
Brag About Your Beauties @ From Bolt to Beauty
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting 


13 comments:

  1. Lovely quilt. I love the orange and blue fabrics. The big stitch quilting was a cool idea.

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  2. It's spectacular! Wonderful finish.

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  3. Love this with the orange and blue! Beautiful Anja!

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  4. Absolutely lovely! Hand-piecing is my preferred way to piece.

    Michelle
    https://mybijoulifeonline.com

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  5. I love this quilt Anja! The colours and graphic nature of the quilt are just perfect!

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  6. Hand pieced???? Anja, are you completely crazy???? (I loath sewing by hand ... that's why I just can't relate! :-)
    You have done a wonderful job with this quilt. I LOVE the large stitches ... it looks pretty great!
    Congratulations on a UFO finish! :-)

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  7. OOOH what a great finish. Handpiecing isn't my cup of tea. But I'm thinking of doing one of my quilt tops using big stitch. I haven't put too much thought into because I have another hand quilting project going (or not going since it is from the early 2000s.) It looks great. I think blues are so dark you would have had to pick something many shades lighter to get it to show at all.

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  8. Wow, you aren't kidding that the blue thread blends in really well. It was hard to pick out even in the detail photo! Your hand work skills are looking beautiful. :)

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  9. Beautiful!!! Orange and blue are such a great combination!

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  10. WOW!!! Your hand quilting is so neat. Love it.

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  11. This is absolutely a work of love, patience and talent. I hope you have a special place to display it.

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  12. That is a gorgeous, gorgeous finish Anja! Your hand quilting is soooo good!

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