Saturday, August 01, 2009

What I have been up to :-)

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The Sunshine Frolics top is done !!
From first stitchery stitch to finished top in 5 weeks.
I can tell you these last 4 weeks has been very wet - it has been raining every day.

I had to shop for a new border.

The border in the kit was only a 40” piece, and the inner part of this quilt is 45” !
I see that the designer write that you have to join pieces to get a long enough border, so the shop has only followed the enclosed material list.
However - when I put so much time and money into a quilt I am NOT willing to join pieces to make the border long enough - especially when the border is a fabric with printed roses!!

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Here is the fabrics that came with the kit. First a green border that had to be joined to suitable length too, and then a floral on pink and a red and white stripe for binding.

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Here is my new choice - no green first border,  floral on cream background for the one and only border and a pink binding.
I want this quilt to look light and romantic :-)

The light green you get a glimpse of is the backing.
I will machine quilt this quilt myself, but not before after summer.

I’ll tell you more about the shopping trip tomorrow :-)

Hanne

16 comments:

  1. Goodness, that is quick!!!!

    I do love the new border fabric you have chosen....roses....perfect!!!

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  2. I agree with you. Piecing a large print border on a quilt like that is not acceptable. It's really beautiful!

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  3. I love the quilt, and I like your choice of border best :)

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  4. Kjempelekkert, Hanne! Forstår at det har vært mye fint sy-vær hos deg ;-) for dette gikk da kjemperaskt!

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  5. You did the right choice. Your new fabrics is the best one for this quilt.

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  6. Ohhhhhhhh...........Delightful....

    You are right about your color choices. The pink looks much softer than the green.

    I am still working on my Leanne's Journey........ Almost at the half way mark............

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  7. Jeg syns du har gjort noen riktige valg her. Flott stoff til kant, og å velge bort det mørke grønne katestoffet, har du fått en feminin og nydelig quilt. Hadde det funnet en hurtighets-award skulle du ha fått den :o)

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  8. Dette er imponerande, både når det gjeld fart og resultat! Kanskje får du plass til den i kofferten enten i september eller i november?

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  9. Gratulerer. Dette så bare helt topp ut

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  10. Sunshine Frolics turned out magnificent! Too bad you have to shop for a border after buying a kit, but I sure wouldn't want to piece a border on that either!

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  11. I like your choice of a border so much more but how frustrating that you have to shop for more fabric after buying a kit.

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  12. Love your new fabrics, I cant believe you did all that stitching in just 5 weeks. I need to employ you as my sample stitcher!

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  13. Beautiful quilt and gorgeous 'new' fabrics.

    I can't wait to see it after you've added your magic touch to it, Hanne.

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  14. Nydelig! Helt enig i bytte av rammestoff, gleder meg til å se teppet helt ferdig (på augustmøte i LQK?)

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  15. *Contulations. I know the feeling. Keep it for a while. It is just like any other wictory.

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