It’s three weeks since I last showed you my Coming Home quilt, I was on the home stretch having just finished the applique of eighty leaves in the four corners, plus birds, dots, vines…
I had already made the pieced blocks of the next border – I had deviated from Sarah’s design at this point as I didn’t want such a big quilt, it’s big enough as it is.
I just had to stitch them on, with an extra piece to fit into the corners. The borders went on really well, they fit perfectly. My last piece of stitching was twelve little houses in the corners, bending round the curve. They were meant to have two windows in each of them, but the houses are only narrow anyway, the windows would have been maximum a quarter of an inch wide…and I couldn’t face another 24 windows!!
The idea is that once the quilting is done, the corners will be curved, following the shape of all the other borders. I’ll have to learn how to put bias binding on a quilt!…
So I’m doing a happy dance round my sewing room! I’m well chuffed at how this one has come out, I think the colours work well, it’s nice and peaceful. I’m sending this quilt off to a long-arm quilter as it’s too big to do on my sewing machine, even with my new wider one. I love the design with all the rows of houses, it’s like a little village round the green.
I started this quilt in January 2019, it’s a quilt-a-long by Sarah Fielke, she does at least one BOM a year and it’s a great way of learning how to applique, but they do tend to be quite big quilts!
Hand Quilt Along Links
This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another. If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.
Kathy, Margaret, Tracy, Deb, Susan, Nanette, Edith, Sharon, Karrin, Gretchen, Kathi, Bella, Daisy, Connie, Monica and Sherrie
I’ll also be linking up with Kathy’s Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday.
thecraftycreek 
Such a lot of work here Margaret, but it’s lovely and a good decision to send it to a longarm quilter in view of the size of it.
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Thanks, even with a narrower final border it’s still 82″ square – I know my limits 🙂
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Wow, you have done such a wonderful job in the appliqueing and stitching of your beautiful quilt. I am amazed as to all the lovely details you have patiently stitched. You should feel pleased and excited and proud of this beauty. I cannot wait to see it quilted.
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Thanks Kim, I’m well chuffed with it 🙂
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Woo hoo!!! What a splendid finish! I love your change of the corner houses. Your colors are to die for as well:). I’m glad you decided to make this quilt your personalized version. It will be uniquely yours, and isn’t that what it’s all about anyway? Great job! I can’t wait to see it back from the long arm quilter😊❤️❤️
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Thanks Tracy, I’m really pleased how the colours worked out, I think it will be a while before its quilted as I’m not sure when they will start again.
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Your quilt is truly a masterpiece worthy of a museum.
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Thanks Mary, it’s not perfect but I’ve learned a lot making it
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that’s a really gorgeous piece, Margaret. So many hours of work!
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Thanks Claire, it has taken a while 🙂
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Wow! Congratulations on finishing your quilt! Beautiful colours and your final border looks great. Mine is still a work in progress. I need to appliqué all the windows and doors on the houses next and then the birds and leaves… this may take a while.
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I remember all those windows…and leaves…it’s worth it though! Having the stitch-a-long helped, as it made me do a bit, even if it was one evening before the post was due!!
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Way to go! It is a lovely quilt!
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Thanks, I’m well chuffed with it.
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Congrats, Margaret! Your hard work has really paid off! The flimsy is lovely and I look forward to seeing how the long armer quilts it! 🙂
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Thanks Laura, I’m trying to decide whether to have a nice all over design or ask them to custom quilt it. I need to chat to them really.
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I can’t get over all the work you have put into this piece. It is absolutely wonderful. Color choices were perfect. Congrats on the finish and now to wait for the 2nd stage grand reveal!
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Thanks Sharon, it has taken a while 🙂 I think it will be quite a wait for the big finish as I’m not sure when things will reopen.
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Your quilt is sooo beautiful!! Such a labor of love!
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Thanks Connie, I’m really pleased with it.
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The birds make such perfect corners. Everything is coming together beautifully.
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Thanks Angela, I think the birds are lovely too.
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Beautiful quilt. Like the changes you have made. Great woirk!
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Thank you, I’m very pleased with it.
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Love your solution for the border and corners! Putting on bias binding is no different from straight binding, you just have to be a bit gentle on the curves so you don’t over-stretch the outer edge, because it then has to squish down again to be sewn down on the back. Do you have a good method for making loads of bias binding quickly? If not, I have a link to a tutorial that lets you make loads at a time, and another for calculating how much fabric you need to make the quantity required.
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Ooh, that sounds useful, I’ve heard of a way but I’ve never seen a tutorial on it, so that would be great thanks.
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This is the calculator for how much you need:
http://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/Calculators/Binding%20Calculator.php
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And this is how to make bias strip quickly:
https://www.sewcanshe.com/blog/2018/3/9/how-to-make-3-yards-of-continuous-bias-binding-from-a-fat-quarter-video-tutorial
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I love the way this quilt came out. You are right in saying that it is very peaceful.
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Congratulations on an outstanding finish, Margaret! Such a serene quilt.😍
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💃💃 awesomeness there!!
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I love the colours in this quilt. It looks amazing, well done!
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It looks lovely and so calm. Can’t wait to see what a longarmer does with it. Are you having custom or all over?
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Thanks Amanda, I haven’t decided yet, I’m tempted with custom, but I think I need to talk to the long-armer.
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