Hello Sunshine is FINALLY finished! The individual x-block used in this quilt has always reminded me of a railroad crossing sign. So for this quilt's finish photo shoot I decided to head to a historical village with some railroad nostalgia.
This quilt is queen sized for our master bedroom. It's the first one I've made for our bed. Yikes! I can't imagine doing a king - this was big enough for me! I started with a half yard bundle of 10 Nicey Jane prints that I received for Christmas. I absolutely love how it pairs with the Kona Maize - it's so cheery and bright.
What started out as an x-block has a lattice effect when you look at the whole piece put together. I think it was the right choice for the garden and vintage-y florals of the prints.
I was trying to learn how to use EQ7 when I designed this quilt (that was also a xmas present). After having done a couple designs with the software, I have noticed it seems to overestimate yardage requirements. When I first started this quilt, it was only to be lap size, 16 blocks. I ended up making 42 - 14" blocks for the queen.
I quilted it at my LQS on a HQ Avante. I love working with that machine! It makes doing a large quilt so easy. It only took me about 1.5 hours to quilt the whole thing.
I know you can't see very much of the quilt, but I just love this bench shot.
I uses one of the green prints for the binding, and struggled with whether I should hand or machine bind it. In the end, getting it done quick won out.
Overall, I'm really happy with how it came out and it's really warm to sleep under at night!
This quilt is queen sized for our master bedroom. It's the first one I've made for our bed. Yikes! I can't imagine doing a king - this was big enough for me! I started with a half yard bundle of 10 Nicey Jane prints that I received for Christmas. I absolutely love how it pairs with the Kona Maize - it's so cheery and bright.
What started out as an x-block has a lattice effect when you look at the whole piece put together. I think it was the right choice for the garden and vintage-y florals of the prints.
I was trying to learn how to use EQ7 when I designed this quilt (that was also a xmas present). After having done a couple designs with the software, I have noticed it seems to overestimate yardage requirements. When I first started this quilt, it was only to be lap size, 16 blocks. I ended up making 42 - 14" blocks for the queen.
I quilted it at my LQS on a HQ Avante. I love working with that machine! It makes doing a large quilt so easy. It only took me about 1.5 hours to quilt the whole thing.
I know you can't see very much of the quilt, but I just love this bench shot.
I uses one of the green prints for the binding, and struggled with whether I should hand or machine bind it. In the end, getting it done quick won out.
Overall, I'm really happy with how it came out and it's really warm to sleep under at night!