Tuesday 22 March 2011

Sherbet Pips Finished!


Woohoo! A quick trip out to the quilt shop today to find an appropriate fabric for the binding for my quilt, a mini marathon of hand sewing to finish it and I AM DONE. Not a lot to say other than that. It has been a nose to the grindstone sort of day - in a good way. I am very happy with the finished result. When you are working without a pattern and with new fabric you just have to hope that what you can visualise in your mind will be the same in actuality. For better, or for worse, what I wanted is what I got.

There are nine eight and a half inch squares, each featuring either the girls on swings, the scootering children or the puppies. These are joined by a Moda Solids grey. Surrounded by two inch squares and more grey. The backing is the grey but the stippling is done in a contrasting red thread to add interest and bound in red with a white dot - also from Moda.

Ah, enough of the details. Just have a look at it and I hope you like it.

Nine squares -
















Some grey sashing and small squares -



And as a whole -


Finally, on my favourite little bit of fence to photograph things right now -



Oh, and with a look at the binding and how the quilting looks in the red thread on the grey backing -



And that is that. The first quilt I have ever made AND blogged.* (please see below) How nerve wracking to show people and then cross all fingers and toes that they think I have done a half decent job.

Tonight I shall sit and think, 'What next?' I have more Sherbet Pips I could play with. Or the new fabric I ordered from Etsy and finally received. Or the Heather Ross fabrics I splurged on. Or...

Yeah, yeah, I know. You get the drift, but as a quilty sort of person I have to say it is a nice dilemna to have.

Susan

*Edit of post: I am really sorry to everyone I have confused. I never thought about my wording in the post until I suddenly had people who didn't know me reading my blog. I did word it poorly and I am in the wrong. This was the first quilt I have ever made and then blogged straight afterwards. Not even sure if that works for wording. I have officially made about 10-12 baby quilts prior to this and made lots of mistakes on them. It was a steep learning curve. I did not blog until two months ago and you probably would not want to see the original bodge job quilts made before that. For anyone who thinks that I somehow managed to get it right first try - I so wish I was that good.

In fact, I am not even clever enough to word things properly at times. Sorry. I will try harder next time.

Susan

13 comments:

  1. I think you've done a wonderful job, it looks gorgeous! I've resisted Sherbet Pips so far but this might have just pushed me over the edge :)

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  2. Oh wow, this looks totally and utterly beautiful and gorgeous and amazing - is that medium grey - looks fab with the pips and your binding and quilting are perfect too. great one to link to :-)

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  3. Very impressed that this is your first quilt! It is really lovely - well done!

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  4. LOOOVE your pips! I love your quilt, and really need to get started on MINE!

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  5. Love what you did with this.. and so jealous! I need to get my hands on some Pips! Sqeee

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  6. Woohoo! I love to see finished quilts. Makes me want to go finish up some of mine instead of starting a new one.

    Mary
    http://www.QuiltGenius.com

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  7. Beautiful work...love those fabrics!

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  8. Congratulations on your first quilt, it's great! And such a cool way of showing the Pips.

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  9. So lovely. I can't believe this is your first. Congratulations! Fantastic job.

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  10. You've created something very unique - it's really gotten my attention!! I love it!!

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  11. Lovely quilt - amazing that it is your first quilt

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  12. It's a wonderful quilt, even if it is not your first. Quilting is a journey, and I am sure that every quilt you have made is a nice warm and soft blanket!

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  13. Looks Awesome, I've just finished my Sherbet Pips Quilt too!
    I am also waiting on binding fabric...

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