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In addition to starting new projects recently I have really been wanting to finish up some old ones. I can't remember when I pieced this quilt top. I know it was 2007 or 2008 because I was living in Portland, Maine. I took a class at Sew Portland to make this quilt top that I think they called Freddy Circles. I was just given paper templates I think but I thought the pattern was in a Freddy Moran book. The fabric is not quilting cotton but a textured cotton by Joelle Hoverson. I forget the name of it and it is long gone. I have enough in another color for the binding. I have a similar feeling old tablecloth from Crate and Barrel that I thought I would use for the backing. The tablecloth is so heavy I thought I would not bother to use batting. Is that a bad idea?
I really want to baste it this month and quilt it. I really have been wanting to get better at machine quilting. I am slightly afraid of messing this up since the quilting will be very noticeable I think. That is my other question. What color thread should I use? I was thinking variegated. And my last question is how should I quilt it? I was thinking of doing concentric squares over the circles but then there would be an overlap. I was told once that curvy quilts should be quilted with straight lines and straight lined quilts should have curvy quilt lines. I am not really a rule follower but that seems like good advice for this quilt.
I do have to comment on how modern this quilt is. I love modern quilts but I don't know if they are really my style since I love girly flowery soft looking quilts too. And I don't know if they go in my home. But again I love them. I love so many different styles I really struggle at having my own. I feel all over the place sometimes. I read a great post earlier this week from Rachel at Stitched in Color on defining your style. I haven't tried the exercises she suggested yet but I really want to. Maybe I will today. I will let you know how it goes.
I am going to link up to Plum and June for the first time. And Freshly Pieced: WIP Wednesday
5 comments:
Christine, I love this quilt and I've really enjoyed looking through your blog! I'm glad we both linked up the Plum and June on the same day :)
I would do straight diagonal lines through your squares. I would use red or yellow thread- or whichever will beat suit binding. Prob don't have to include batting because it might then be way too thick:)
I still have to make my first quilt and I think it will be pure squares, so simple, simple.. .this one looks so complicated to me. It looks lovely and I would agree with Suz on the lines keeping them straight and diagonal, but I have not done any quilting so far so I'm not one to follow advice from on this. . .
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I have definitely seen vintage summer "quilts" that don't use any batting. I haven't tried it, though, and there's on telling what it's going to be like with a heavier fabric. I think it's a beautiful quilt, though. Thanks for stopping by WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced!
Such a pretty quilt - I love the pattern as well as your colors! I would do straight diagonal lines through your squares as well :)
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