Sunday, May 30, 2010

A Finish – Nine Patch Surprise

Last night I put the last stitch in the binding of my Nine Patch Surprise. 

Here’s the “cover” shot.  (You should be able to click on each of the pictures to get a closer look.)

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And a shot of it spread out on the floor so you can see it a little better.

IMG_1656No one has ever accused me of being a great machine quilter, but with the help of my “ancient”, “really old” Handiquilter and my Brother PQ 1500, here’s a close up of the quilting. 

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I’m really fortunate to live by M & L Fabrics in Anaheim, CA.  They have many high quality fabrics at $2.98 and $3.98 per yard.  This is what I picked for the back.  It’s a Robert Kaufman and I think it’s perfect for this quilt.  Tortilla chips, one of my basic food groups. 

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Notice anything interesting about the binding?  Yes, it’s a wonderful stripe cut on the bias, but what else?  Keep in mind I have cut bias binding many, many times in the past and I really do know how to do it, but for some reason my brain was not functioning properly when I cut this.  I ended up with half the stripes angling to the right and half the stripes angling to the left.  What to do?  I had more fabric but did I really want to cut more of it?  HECK NO, just go with the flow.  I just marched along to my own little tune, sewing right, left, right, left, not paying any attention to how long each of the strips were.  You know what?  I love it!  Next time I might even try to do it this way.  smile_regular

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Enjoy!

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10 comments:

  1. It looked great Robin. You are going to love having this one.

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  2. Very Cute. Lovely design, fabrics & colors.

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  3. That's a new one for binding strips - looks great with them going every which way. I have cut them wrong occasionally but never used them that way.

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  4. YOur quilt turned out wonderfully, just love it!

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  5. those little strips just make this quilt. otherwise it's just a lovely quilt. Now it sings (opera) maybe.

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  6. It's marvellous!
    The binding gives it something special on the edge!

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  7. I love that quilt its awesome, you are so lucky with the fabric ours is 30-33.00 a metre over here OMG

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  8. OK - it's just so cute and love the backing

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  9. I'm so glad I don't live near M&L Fabrics....I'd never be home long enough to sew...lol Do they have a website Robin? Hugs Naomi

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