Category: Quilting and Sewing

It’s 84 inches square and time to call it finished.  I really love my modern medallion quilt top.  After adding the arrows and orange border last week, I added a diamond border followed by a piano key border to finish it off.


One of the interesting things to me about this quilt top is how “pastel” it looks in color from a distance, when up close it is full of vivid, bright and many dark fabrics.  It reads so differently depending on how close you are.


Creating this quilt has been a fantastic experience in adjusting things as you go along, changing plans, trying ideas.  Lots of math, lots of sketching, lots of work but lots of fun too.  I have enjoyed every step of this creative experience.


The navy diamonds are bold like the arrows and help the arrows stand out.  They finish at less than 1.5 inches wide.  After the pink and orange I wanted to end with the greens used in the middle of the quilt.  There was one print from the Carnaby Street collection that I hadn’t used much but really like, so I fussy cut my favorite part of the motif for the corners.   The green strips are 5.5 inches long and there are 300 of them in the border.


I’m excited to piece a back for this quilt and decide how to quilt it.  Lots of work still to go but I’m thrilled to have this quilt top completed.

Thanks for visiting!
Jennifer

I’ve added two more borders to my medallion quilt .


I made twelve paper pieced arrows for border #8.  The measurements worked out perfectly this time.  I didn’t have to shorten the shafts of the arrows and had enough room for a 1 inch space between them.


I auditioned a ridiculous number of prints for the corner posts on this border before realizing that I needed a solid.  Everything else competed with the prints on the arrow, so a bright pink was chosen.  The ninth border is a braid or herringbone  pattern made up of dozens of little strips of orange fabrics.  It’s not what I originally planned color-wise but I like it.


Nothing is laying flat on these borders because I haven’t sat down to remove the paper from all of them.  (Any suggestions for quick but gentle removing of paper from paper pieced blocks is most welcome!)  Regardless, I’m happy with these borders and had fun making them.  I have decided to add two more borders to this quilt and then call it finished.  Right now it measures 72 inches square.


I’d like to finish this before Saturday.  Wish me luck!

Jennifer Linking to Freshly Pieced