Thursday, January 3, 2013

Making Easy Street: Clue 8 Day 3


I did it!  I managed to assemble the center of the quilt.  I'm sorry, this isn't the best photo in the world, but I don't have any place to lay it out and get the entire quilt pictured.  And the lighting is terrible too, but what can you do?  I live in Oregon, it's grey and dreary most of the winter.  :)

Next step: shop for border fabrics!  I've designed borders to bring this sucker up to a King size quilt.  Yes, I'm crazy LOL.  One of the borders will be pieced, so it will keep the spirit of the crazy busy center.  The other two will be plain and simple fabrics, but I'm hoping to find ones that will be able to stand on their own against the center.  I do like the pop of red-violet that Bonnie added to her quilt as an inner border, so I'll be keeping that idea. You can see her finished quilt here.

I'll also need backing.  I hope to find a WIDE backing material that will be big enough, wish me luck!

And while I'm waiting for the border fabrics to be washed, I will begin on my next commission quilt.  Honestly, I should be able to piece it in a day or two, so there's no big pressure there.  :)

Did you work on Easy Street?  How are you coming along with it?  I must say, I don't like assembling on-point quilts, though I love the way they look once finished.  I'm glad I "suffered" through this one LOL.

Edit 01/03/13 4:13 pm:

I went shopping today for border fabrics.  Here's a photo of the quilt center laid out with the fabrics I chose.  The second border will be pieced with teal and green (at least that's the current plan LOL), and the pink is mirrored in the outermost border fabric... the tips of the stamen coming out of the flowers are the same pink.  More photos to come as the border is created and added!  :)


10 comments:

  1. Fantastic !!!!!
    Liebe Grüße Grit

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  2. Beautiful, beautiful! Can't wait to see what you picked for the borders! From Terri Costa

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    1. Thanks Terri! I guess you saw this before I edited this post with a photo of the border fabrics... though I also put it on Facebook. I think I remember you viewing it there, though I could be wrong. :)

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  3. Looking Great Valerie! I'm still working on Part A and have no idea what I will do for boarders and backing. You did a wonderful job on Easy Street!

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    1. Thank you, Tami! You're doing a fantastic job too. Once you get your blocks assembled, let it "tell" you what to do with it. Bonnie used red-violet and teal for her borders. I wanted to bring out more of the purple so I went with a purple outer border. I'm sure your quilt will let you know what it wants. :)

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  4. Hi Valerie...such a small world...i was visiting Grits blog in Germany and saw a comment you left her...clicked on you and wow...we're almost neighbors! I am in Hillsboro. :) maybe someday our paths will cross in person! ~karen

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    1. Hi Karen! Wow, it is a small world! Maybe we will meet up some day, perhaps bumping into each other at Fabric Depot or something LOL. I looked at your blog, you do beautiful quilting work. I love the McTavishing look on the cross stitched quilt. :)

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