Our eldest sister Wendy has been going through a rough time lately. What could we do? Well, make her a quilt of course. Peggy made the top using the Jay Bird Hex and More ruler.Seems we can never get enough Hexi quilts around here.
Yes folks, all those daisies and feathers stitched free motion.Peggy is a whizz at binding those Hexi edges.
Before Christmas Peggy and I dug into our backing fabric bins, sewed up lots of left over pieces and made quilt backs. Before we put them away we measured them, wrote the measurements on a pieces of calico and attached them with a pin. It is great to know we have a backing stash just waiting for us.
How about this for a sweet label? Re purposed linen.
Perfect I think.
Thanks for popping by. Hope you have had a pleasant relaxing weekend.
Bye for now
Made with care , stitched with love, and label attached with those words, perfect. Love the label as much as the quilt itself.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely! Nothing says "love" more than a quilt.
ReplyDeletePreparing backings ahead of time is brilliant. I need to do more of that.
Beautiful - a lovely thoughtful gift - that ruler seems to be a really useful one, I've seen a few great quilts made with it now. Good idea sorting out your backings like that - it can take ages to piece a backing - difficult when impatient to get the quilt done!
ReplyDeleteLook at the quilting! Your sister will surely love this hexie quilt, Peggy chose lovely colours and I admire her greatly for binding around all those points!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Linda! Peggy is a whizz with her lovely bindings. I am sure the quilt will be appreciated. I love using vintage linens for labels too, takes them to the next generation. I like your backing fabric stash idea!
ReplyDeleteYour sister is sure to be comforted with her new quilt made with much love.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is such a good idea to stitch up some quilt backings for later. You can bring them out and say, "this is one I prepared earlier", just like the TV cooks used to do!
Hexis, free motion quilting, pointy binding - who could ask for more! oh, and vintage linens for labels, such a great idea! A lovely combined finish! Linda
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