Earlier this month I made a quilt top called Sugar Flowers – you can find the tutorial here. Anyway, the quilt top had been hanging out in my sewing room for weeks, so I finally had it quilted (thanks again Darlene for the awesome job!). Darlene was able to quilt it over the weekend – with all the projects I have lined up in addition to working away to get the fabric webstore up, who knows how long I would have taken to quilt it myself!
The finished quilt turned out beautiful! Darlene used a hot pink thread for the top which was a jump from my play-it-safe white. I just love how it turned out. 🙂
I really love the back of the quilt too:
As shown below, I pieced the backing together using 6 fat quarters and 3/4 yd of white muslin. The total cost for the backing only ended up being ~$19.50. I simply trimmed the fat quarters to measure 17″x21″ and then lined them up in two rows of 3 each as shown below. From the white muslin I pieced together three 6″x50″ strips.
It’s a thrifty way to save on backing yardage and to use up fat quarters you might have laying around.
I thought I’d sneak this photo in of my furrballs checking out the quilt. 🙂 It was a beautiful and warm day in Seattle so everyone was outside enjoying the sun. Bodie and Paige were accompanying the quilt in the shade.
And lastly, here’s another up-close photo of the quilting. If you click and enlarge the image, you can see the hot pink thread (the backing has white thread). 🙂
Anyway, that’s it for now. I just wanted to share with you how it turned out. Ahh, isn’t it a great feeling finishing a quilt?!
Happy Quilting!
Oh, not sure if my first comment came through! I love the quilt especially the fabric. What fabric did you use? Sorry if you have said, but I couldn't see it. I could only imagine being able to quilt like that though!!! I LOVE it x
Love Marge x
Very pretty….love the fabric! I like the pink thread; it adds more interest to the white.
Looks very nice!! Today I saw floor tiles in a public building, they reminded me of your quilttop and now I see it finished. Funny coincidence.
(I wish I had the opportunity to have my quilt tops quilted by some professional quilter. But there are no long arm quilters around.)
Beautiful…..Thanks for sharing on the backing tips :). Will try it on my WIP quilt.
The quilt is beautiful. The quilting with hot pink thread really enhances the design. Thanks for explaining how you pieced the back. It's a great idea.
Such a beautiful quilt and adorable puppies!
Oh Wow! I love the back too! Very pretty 🙂
I love all your projects and I love your furry children. I also have furry children and they look alot like yours. They are corgi sisters, Luci(red) and Nikki(tri-color)They make my life worth living, along with my fabric addiction of course. I will be making some of your projects too.