There’s a finished quilt to share today! It’s been almost a year to the day since I pulled fabrics for this quilt… tick tock goes the clock.
I’ve shared a lot of details about the making of this one, and today is the final detail — how I quilted all that empty space! I used this really great pattern I found on Youtube, Loopy Clams from Lynn Durbin. Of course, she was quilting on a longarm, so I had to adapt it a little for my Juki.
This quilt was planned for my Mother In Law from the very start. Purple, teal, yellow, peach, all her favorite colors. Tiny happy sheep because she’s a knitter. I even bought the sheet to back the quilt when I was with her (she didn’t suspect a thing).
The inner hexagon is quilted with several different quilting patterns. Mostly variations on dot-to-dot quilting and big easy loops, with a few spirals thrown in for fun. There was also a fair bit of “following the fabric” like on those AMH flower prints. I just quilted around the flowers.
I used a scrappy binding, from mostly the same fabrics in the middle hexagon. Machine stitched as is my usual.
One thing I did learn with this quilt: Square your quilt top before you quilt it. There was so much quilting that I ended up cutting off. I could have saved myself at least 2 hours, and it’s a lot easier to fold and manipulate a top than a quilt.
When we took pictures today, it was a fair bit windier than is normally ideal, so there are a few outtakes…
Also, I handed my camera to my husband (Quilt Holder Extraordinairre) and he caught this one. It may just be my favorite picture of me ever.
Love it, however I love you more!! Great shot Joe!!
Hooray, does this mean you get a quilt that she has hostage back in return (or is it someone else that has a quilt, or am I loosing my mind???)? The quilting is awesome, and I love that the back is solid so the quilting can really be seen and admired. 🙂
Beautifully done!
LOVE the loopy clams! I may try that out on a quilt I need to quilt… sometime in the future, when my kid is bigger. Pinning for future reference!
Also, you’re adorable.
Absolutely fantastic! We are blown away once again by your creativity!! Grammma & Grandpa sending you HUGS and more LOVE always!!!!!!!!!
Sarah, this is gorgeous!
These pics are amazing! The motifs you chose for the negative space are really fantastic. Mike does the same thing during quilt photoshoots!!
Great job on quilt top and quilting! I like your variety with the loopy clams. I also enjoyed the pics. I had fun watching you have fun taking them even though I wasn’t there!
Aw this quilt is so great! Love the bold colors together, and the quilting is so great! I bet your MIL is totally in love with it!
Beautiful quilting–and the peach/purple combo is unexpected AND perfect! Are you a Whovian by any chance ? 😉
Such a beautiful quilt! Love the giant, one block quilt!
I am in LOVE with that paisley quilting!
Love it! The quilting is awesome too….
I just found your site from Crazy Mom Quilts! I love this quilt and your fabulous quilting on it! So beautiful and crazy awesome! Your pictures are fun and the one of you is adorable!!! Glad I found you!!
The loopy paisley in the white background is brilliant. You have made all that white space a feature.
I love your red glasses. All the best people wear red glasses. 🙂
I love the quilting so much!!! Your mother-in-law is a lucky, lucky girl. Beautiful finish!
Sarah this is so lovely!! Your quilting is so beautiful, I bet squaring off that much quilting was frustrating cause the amount of time and love you put into those beautiful motifs is obvious! The fabrics you combined in the hexagon are such fun prints too, I love looking at other people’s quilts and recognizing fabric I have in my own stash 🙂
This is a totally awesome quilt! Just love it. Your MIL is one blessed lady to have you for a DIL. I would love to know if there is a pattern for this.
Beautiful!
What a gorgeous quilt. And the quilting is spectacular. You have good reason to be proud of this quilt. Congratulations for doing such a great job.
Your quilt is truly lovely, but it is your smile that is stealing the show in this post!