Saturday 20 April 2013

All Done

Despite all of the madness of the last few weeks, I have finally managed to finish my Chevron Quilt for the British Quilt and Stitch Village, which opens on the 26th of April in Uttoxeter.  

This project actually all started with a techniques course I did at Quorn Country Crafts about 12 months ago where I made this little quilt which lives on our sofa for my little one to snuggle under whilst watching TV

It was my first time using solids only, and I rather liked them, and as I had quite a few large pieces of leftover fabric I sat down one afternoon, and started sewing strips of them together.  I cut them into 12.5 inch squares around my ruler and when I ran out of scraps, I decided to buy some more in purples and blues, and kept going until I had 20 squares.  

So after chopping them up I ended up with some alternating chevrons.  Well, that was at the start of September, so I procrastinated for a month of two, put on a white border, and then continued to procrastinate for a further 5 months, until the deadline for the show loomed.  So in a state of extreme homelessness, and when I should have been harassing Estate Agents and Solicitors I decided to escape to this lovely place in Hinckley for the afternoon.

It was great, I had a nice chat to one of the owners, Fay, did a little quilting, and realised I didn't want to heavily quilt it, so it was feasible to get it finished for the show.  I can neither confirm nor deny that I celebrated news of exchanging contracts with buying a little fabric :o).


And so, over last week/end, in a little holiday home in Melbourne in Derbyshire, I finished up the quilting, binding, adding of the sleeve, and the show entry details.  And so here we are, 
Completed a few days ago, but I had a couple of things on. X
And the backside, with a sleeve and the label.
a finished quilt, and I can honestly say I love the front AND the back.  Some of the not very straight line quilting doesn't bother me either, as I have finally finished it- thank goodness, I was starting to bore myself with all of the procrastination, well it has been nearly a year of fannying!

This beauty will be hand delivered to the showground by Mr H.O.C on Monday on his way home from work, and I will get to go and see it next weekend, yay. :o)))) 

I've been pretty busy other than this, but more of that next time....

Ange x  
 



20 comments:

  1. Good luck with the show. I think that your quilt is fab. Di x

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  2. Well done on your lovely finished quilt, especially with so much going on in your life... It's going to be a lovely show with quilts like that in it, I'm sure!!

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  3. Oh I am so pleased you managed to get it all finished - it looks fab... even for a solids quilt ;)

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  4. I love the colours you have used, simply stunning.

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  5. You are Katy will be shocking the good folk of Uttoxeter! It's beautiful Ange - a fab finish and I love solids!

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  6. Yummy quilt - well done!! And yay (?) to neither signing or not signing a contract!!

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  7. Woot! I was going to say I take it it was being hand delivered, seeing as I paid a fortune to get it there for Monday!

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  8. Oh I used to live near Uttoxeter. It's a bit too far now. Beautiful quilt.

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  9. Well done you! Amazing to get it done and buy and sell a house at the same time!

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  10. it's great!!! Good luck with the show :-D

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  11. It is gorgeous and well worth the fannying around!

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  12. A finish is always grand! I love the chevrons, you did a great job. While blues aren't on my list of favorite colors, these do look good together.

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  13. Yay! You got it finished. So pleased and it looks brilliant. Wish I could go to the show with you.

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  14. it's lovely! well done you. are you going to the show then?

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  15. I've not seen that top quilt before, It's really unusual, I'd definitely go to a class to make something like that!

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  16. Looks great. Good luck with the show - you'll need some time off after unpacking all those boxes!!!!

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  17. Good luck in the show....take lots of pics of everything you see, then it will be like I was virtually there!

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  18. It is just stunning! LOVE it!!!
    Esther

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  19. I enjoyed seeing your quit today, it looked stunning. There are some lovely quilts to view and fabric to fondle, on the trade stands. I wish I'd bought more.

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