Bright tumbling quilt
A long time ago, (Boxing Day 2011 to be precise) I started playing with the Accuquilt that I had got for Christmas the day before. I had nestled in my stash a pretty set of 5 fat quarters that Arianwen gave me as a birthday present a year or so back.
The 5 patterned fat quarters on their own didn’t give me enough fabric so I added 3 solids from my stash.
These were sewn into strips and much unpicking went on as apparently I failed to notice when I sewed 2 together. My daughter helped a lot in this stage as we moved tumblers around & around trying to make sure that the colours weren’t touching or pooling:
Then work was halted as I had other things to make and also went back to work after the Christmas holidays.
Eventually I picked it up again, added a black border to make the colours ‘pop’ and quilted it onto a fleece backing.
Then it sat in a corner for ages as I had decided that I wanted to add a strip of piping before the binding. However it was a technique I had never done before so it again waited until I did a workshop and found out what to do.
The piping used the red fabric that I had originally intended for the binding but luckily I found the blue bubble Fabric Freedom fabric in my stash for the binding.
This poor little quilt then had to wait for the binding again as I don’t like doing that bit but recently I forced myself to finish it.
So here it is…
Finished size: 103cm x 86.5cm
16 mini tumblers x 10 rows
I added a little label on the back sewn in turquoise onto orange fabric but the message is a personal one so no photos I’m afraid.
I absolutely love this little quilt and I always intended to send it to my father who loves bright colours. He’s had a difficult year so this was a much needed hug sent through the post. He absolutely loves it so I’m happy to let it go.
7 comments
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That is gorgeous! Really unusual but lovely. Glad your father likes it.
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Thanks 🙂
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A lovely quilt and a lovely present for your Dad :o)
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Thanks. I appreciated the help chosing the solids 🙂
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Lovely quilt, gorgeous bright colours.
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Thanks. The next won’t be as bright but I’m loving it already…
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It looks wonderful!! Really bright and cheerful.