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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The Watermelon quilt done
The week went so fast and it has been a week since I last posted.
The Pentecost holiday, family, friends and everyday life have got the best of me.
I have been very busy finishing the Watermelon quilt and I put the last stitches in yesterday. Now it has been washed and is ready to go to my guild's show and tell today :-)
It was my May goal and it is so nice to be done.
The quilting really made this quilt!
I have used a soft silk thread - see the brown spool in the next photo. Thanks to the Clover needle threader it was threadable in the quilting needles too.
I will quilt more Baptist Fans in the future - I really like the shape and the appearance.
The teacher's inspiration was this quilt in American Patchwork & Quilting, Issue 72, February 2005.
Thanks Sigrun for giving me the magazine and thanks Linda J. for telling me about it.
Here you can see the teacher Rie's quilt. Adding a Dear Jane block in the cornerstones really gave the quilt a lift. I used a variation of another block, but the impression is still there.
My friend Val in Canada bought the raspberry red fabric I have used for the binding, which is very like a raspberry red I used in one of the blocks. I searched high and low for this particular colour and have meters of wrong shaded to prove it, shopped from various internet shops. Thanks Val for helping me out :-)
What is next on my to do list you might wonder ?
NI blocks, stitchery, class projects for the autumn. Not a dull day in sight :-)
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Hi, Hanne! Congratulations on a woderful finish! The quilt is beautiful! I'm sure it will be a hit in the show and tell! And way to go on all those baptist fans!!! Enjoy the quilt! Take care!
ReplyDeleteThe finished quilts each have a different name. Does the block itself have a name? I have seen one similar and cannot identify it with my encyclopedia of blocks.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I meant to tell you how much I have been admiring your work on this quilt and NI.
ReplyDeleteHanne, den ble kjempeflott...
ReplyDeleteWow!! Congrats on your finish! It's really a beautiful quilt. It was fun to see the source of inspiration, too.
ReplyDeleteSå flott den ble Hanne, gratuleerer med nok et flott arbeid ferdigstilt. Gleder meg til å se den i kveld.
ReplyDeleteLove your WatermelonQuilt.It's beautiful.Un9
ReplyDeleteWhat a victory!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! I really love the thread color you chose for your quilting - really lovely!
ReplyDeleteDet teppet ble helt nydelig Hanne :-D Det kan du være stolt av :-D
ReplyDeleteCOngrats on the finish! It is a lovely quilt! In general I really like blue, but I prefer your interpretation - I just figured out why - I like your corner stones better!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt and congrats on meeting your goal of finishing it in May.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty..... I have always liked that quilt. I even ordered the Baptist Fan stencil to use on my next quilt.
ReplyDeleteIt's so beautiful. I have to try to quilt baptist fans on something. It is so pretty. Well done.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing the watermelon quilt. I know how long and hard you have been working on it. It is wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the binding color! What a wonderful quilt you have. Your quilting is quite nice, and I like the brown thread. I wouldn't have thought of it!
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is a WINNER, Hanne ! It's gorgeous ! BRAVO ! You are sooo good at meeting your goals !
ReplyDeleteWho is it for, by the way ?
Enjoy !
Hugs & smiles !
NADINE
And some more congratulations on your water melon quilt! You deserve them though. The quilt is wonderful. I love quilting fans as well and the brown thread is an original and good idea. I saw that you got a japanese book translated into french, I love japanese quilting magazines and I am French, so if you have any problem with understanding, let me know! Take care.
ReplyDeleteDoing the happy dance for you that you finished this wonderful quilt! I know that it was tons of work and it has been great that you have shared your progress along the way. Truly an inspiration for people to stick with a project to completeion!!! I really like your own personal touch with the little blocks in the cornerstones!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Evelyn
Congratulations on another very nice quilt finished. Guess I was visiting when you started quilting, must have been in october last year. Anyway - nice quiolt, nice quilting.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the finish - it looks great!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, it's gorgeous! Isn't it satisfying to finish something but also a let down too.
ReplyDeleteLove it!
Congratulations on the finish Hanne ! It is spectacular - and the cornerstones make it so interesting, great quilting with the baptist fan, I will be trying that also.
ReplyDeleteHeather in FL
Wow!!!Great job, it is very lovely :))))
ReplyDeleteThis turned out so beautifully! I'd do the Baptist fans again too. =)
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful Hanne, I love the Baptist fan quilting. I haven't done it by hand (yet) but it's one of my favorite quilting patterns and I plan on using it on my current quilt in progress.
ReplyDeleteHanne, congratulations on a beautiful finish. Everything about this quilt is super - the fabric selection, the settings choice, the block choise, the hand quilting. I think your quilt looks much better than the one that inspired it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your finish. Well worth persevering with, it is beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteWow, it is gorgeous. Congratulations Hanne. We are waiting for the next beauty.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great quilt!!! I love the colors and the blocks. It's been neat watching as you progress on this one. I also like knowing the inspiration of the quilt. And watermelon really does fit as a name. Great job Hanne !!!!
ReplyDeleteHanne, I have been following the progress of your quilt for some time. Congratulations on such a beautiful finish! The red and the greens work so well together.
ReplyDeletehi hanne,
ReplyDeleteyour quilt is one of the prettiest i have seen in a long time. you improved on the original by leaps and bounds. thanks for the wonderful eye treat and inspiration.
quilty hugs,
ellen
Oh Hanne, I've watched your prgress with this quilt and it's beautiful. Your quilting is superb!
ReplyDeleteVannmelonteppet ditt er virkelig nydelig! Fargesammensetningen, quiltingen....det er "bærre lækkert"!
ReplyDeleteIt is just gorgeous Hanne, you should be feeling very proud of yourself. I like yours better than the one in the picture!
ReplyDelete*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
Hanne - your watermelon quilt is a real credit to you - your version is so much nicer than the inspiration one in the magazine - I think, in that one, the sashings are way too dominant and detract from the main block - and I love your little tiny DJ cornerstones - well done it will be a pleasure to catch sight of each time you enter the room :o)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous ... you did a wonderful job!
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