I have two more finishes to share. I actually finished these at the end of October and it took me this long to take pictures... I'm so lame. I usually set my quilts on the floor/carpet and take pictures. It's pretty dark at this time of year so I was waiting for the right lighting during the weekend...which didn't happen. It occurred to me last night that I could use the awesome binding clips and clip the finished quilt to my design wall and take pictures there... My design wall is in my entry and I have a huge overhead light so I took a bunch of pictures of both quilts - both with and without flash. These are quilts I pieced in 2011 and 2012...it's nice to get them done.
String Hearts - also called Scrappy Hearts - also called Crazy Hearts. Here's a picture of the entire quilt:
All of the hearts are pieced with leftovers from various quilt projects. I then cut the heart shape out using my pinking shears on the edges and raw edge appliqued them alternating the black and white for backgrounds. A friend gave me a bunch of black and white fabrics (thanks Mary!) so I used them. The back is pieced black and white...and was a top but made a great back. Here's a picture of it when it was pieced...
The quilt is 48 inches square. I love that it only cost me the quilting cost and my time!!!
The second quilt is a scrappy/strippy Carpenter's Star. I have always loved this pattern. I saw something similar online somewhere and decided to try and make it up ...so here's mine:
OK, I'm not a big fan of this one. It does look better in person... I did get to use up lots of scraps...and I think I'd try this pattern again...and maybe even in a smaller scale. The backing is just an off white fabric that fit for most of it...and then I pieced a little white strip in at the bottom. This quilt is 48.5 inches square.
I've got three more quilts back from my LAQ yesterday so I'll be doing some binding - and then will share them when complete. At least one of them has been sitting around for years...so it'll be fun to have that one done (as the quilting turned out awesome - as usual)! I should be back sooner than a month from now!
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