Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Quilt-Along Update

After an extremely busy week and weekend, I have FINALLY finished piecing the back of the quilt for Kelly Young's My Quilt Infatuation Quilt-Along.  I still haven't pieced the front, but I should be done with that in a few days.  I had hoped to have both sides done by now, but my anniversary was last week and my husband's birthday and Father's Day were both this weekend.  Since this past weekend was all about him, my sewing machine didn't see much action.  My goal is to have both sides pieced and the quilt basted by the end of this coming weekend.  Of course, my daughter has swim lessons every evening for the next 2 weeks and my in-laws arrive on Thursday.  There should be plenty of time...or not.  I wouldn't hold your breath if I was you.

Enough lamenting over busy schedules...let's celebrate the small success of finishing a very important portion of this quilt.  I really love how the back turned out.  It's a clever way to use all the fabric scrapes after cutting up the bricks for the front and I hardly have any left over. 



I'll trim up the sides before I start quilting, but not until after I baste the quilt.  There's still 2 key decisions that have to be made in reference to this quilt.  First, what should I do for the quilting that will help showcase the front and back?  I only have straight-line quilting skills, so don't suggest any free-motion quilting solutions.  I've thought about quilting vertical lines so that it will add some contrast to the horizontal lines in the piecing of the fabrics.  I'm afraid the alignment of all the horizontal lines on the front and back may be a bit tedious.  I would hate for the back to be slightly off and cause the quilting to look sloppy.  My second decision deals with the color of the binding.  The fabric patterns are so busy and colorful, I think a solid color would work well for the binding.  The difficulty lies in the act of deciding which color to pull from the fabrics in the quilt.  Any suggestions? 

12 comments:

  1. It looks great! Maybe a patterned neutral for the binding? Something with a subtle pattern?

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  2. Wow, what a beautiful backing, I think you are really enjoying this quilt! Can't wait to see the front!

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  3. This is gorgeous! I'd say a solid pop of something for the binding, maybe the red or the green? But then, I'm a go big kind of girl. :)

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  4. super cool, always loved this pattern and what a great use of scraps!

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  5. Wow, this is the back?! Beautiful work, I think a white binding would look nice too!

    Nicole @ Modern Handcraft

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  6. I love this kind of pattern, especially on the back using the scrap fabrics from the front!

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  7. I vote for straight line horizontal...I think vertical would detract from the lovely fabrics and pattern :) ... what about a white binding... to focus on the fabrics in the center? Just my two cents but I am pretty new to this as well lol so who knows!

    Stopping by from the WIP hop :)
    http://domesticdeficitdisorder.blogspot.com/2013/06/wip-wednesday-june-19th-edition.html

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  8. visiting from WIP wednesday. Gorgeous. I am all for straight line quilting

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  9. Love this! can't wait to see the front!
    jan@http://sewandsowfarm.blogspot.com/

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  10. Love this backing Janet! I would definitely do horizontal lines. I think that vertical would work against the bricks and the backing strips. And I think you're right on target with a solid (or tone on tone print) for the binding.

    :) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

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