I’m so happy to get this fiber object moved to the finish line.
This is my Stay at Home Round Robin quilt, a group quilt project that took place in January and February. You may recall some of my earlier posts on this topic.
After all the piecing was complete, I was unsure of how to quilt it. In the quilt’s center I had used the walking foot to sew parallel lines that pinwheeled outward. But the checkerboard border seemed to act as a visual line, stopping the progress of the parallel stitch lines.
After months of procrastination, I made some decisions. The checkerboard border was quilted free motion in a sort of figure eight pattern (the symbol for Infinity.) Each square ended up with a circle inside it. I then continued my parallel lines beyond the checkerboard all the way out to the edge. EXCEPT: I sewed spirals (the shape of galaxies) around the stars and log cabin corners. The straight lines filled in everywhere else.
I call this quilt Expanding Universe. Each challenge caused the quilt to expand over and over. And the choice of a pinwheel block in the center, with corresponding smaller pinwheels in the last border reinforced the idea of spinning outward. The finished quilt measures 60 inches square.
Thanks to brother-in-law Steve for snapping these lovely photos of me enjoying my Expanding Universe.
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Love the story behind this – the title says it all.
The stair step effect of the corners in the completed piece are so perfect for this design. A great finish, Laura.
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Thank you, Laura. I plan to keep this one.
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Your quilt is beautiful. I still have to quilt mine. I especially like the circles on the log cabin blocks
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Sometimes I have more ambition than skill. But the saying is, “Better finished than perfect.”
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How perfect it is! The quilting is just wonderful. What to go!
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Thank you!
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This is just amazing. And I love the look of love on your face. The look of delight. That’s what being creative is all about.
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My BIL is funny and I was just goofing around with him. Thank you.
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This is so lovely, visually, quilterly, storily! I don’t blame you for being pleased with your work – effort and such really paid off.
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Gosh Laura, 60 inches is the sized of the quilt rack Cliff built me for my living room. When you get tired of that quilt you can send it to me to display to my quilting friends here in Ohio.
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I failed to say that the quilt is lovely. Your are sew creative.
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Thank you very much. It was a fun and challenging project.
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Its huge, I’ve no idea how you can get that in your sewing machine and make such neat sewing near the middle. It looks lovely
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I started quilting the center when it was about 30 inches square. Then I quilted the outer borders, which meant I didn’t have to feed too much fabric under the machine.
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It is beautiful! Love the way you brought all the different blocks together with a concept 🙂
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It was magical!
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Beautiful!
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Reblogged this on Humoring the Goddess and commented:
This is what Creativity is all about. Hoping all of you feel this good when you finish a project!
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Thanks, Claudia
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Absolutely gorgeous!!!
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Thank you!
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I hope you were also jumping up and down in your glee to be finished. Congrats. It’s a beauty.
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Thank you (smile)
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