Friday, May 30, 2014

pennies for the finish

 along about the fall of last year, i became slightly obsessed with a certain quilt by rachel hauser of stitched in color fame: the vintage tangerine penny patch quilt. rachel kindly hosted a penny patch quilt along and despite the fact that i was trying to complete a quilt for each of my seven children for christmas, i was sucked right in. the whole christmas idea sort of got blown out of the water because of dear old penny patch. (well, practicality had something to do with it too.)

i hemmed and hawed over fabric choices, made a color diagram of rachel's original so as to pick it apart, and shopped, culled, replaced, slaved over this quilt, trying to figure out what made it tick. (herehere and here) around thanksgiving time, the top was done. and my obsession abated. penny patch languished in the more urgent christmas gift wip pile on the piano room floor.

 a few months ago i decided to get that top off the floor, so i made a pieced backing, which then also lay in the wip pile on the floor. eventually a sandwich was spray basted and i finally tackled dogwood fmq. i've already written a lot about all these steps along the way, so no need to rehash.

another few days of intense handbinding and penny patch is now finished. with only 24 hours to go til the finished link party for the quilt along at stitched in color closes, no less.

oh, yes, i am happy.
this quilt has turned out differently than i anticipated, but the process of making it has taught me a lot about color choices and fabric placement, about myself as a quilter. it helped me to grow. i'm even starting to like it again.

but right now i'm mostly just so pleased to have it finished.

special thanks to my dear friend jill for helping me with the photographs!

linking up with thursday threads at my quilt infatuation.

16 comments:

  1. Such a beautiful and fresh looking quilt! Great picture of you snuggling it :)

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  2. love that photo of you treasuring your work - so beautiful :-) It is a super gorgeous quilt.

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  3. It is finished and it is lovely! Your last photo is a beauty of both you and the quilt. A quilt needs to love you back doesn't it.

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  4. Awwwww you look so cute! The quilt has turned out fab. I really love the colours - all that hard work really did pay off :-)

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  5. Yay for finishes! It's lovely!

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  6. Well done!! It looks beautiful and that last photo cracked me up :-)

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  7. Wow! This turned out so great. I love the colors and your pics really show the quilt off...love your smile shows how much work you put into that beauty:) Gorgeous finish!

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  8. Great finish! My favourite picture of them all is the one of you hugging the quilt. We quilt bloggers should take more like that!

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  9. I came back to have another look! I really like the colours you used - the coral is such a pretty colour (way better than orange!) I'm thinking I'll have to try and be patient enough to piece a backing sometime...

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  10. Congrats to a beautiful finish! These are all great photos, the first pic is a perfect setting for the colors.

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  11. It is lovely color combo and great pictures too!

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  12. I love the colors you used in this quilt! So warm and cozy looking.

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  13. your penny patch is gorgeous!! I love the fabrics, the quilting, and that binding colors is perfect!

    Thank you so much for sharing at Needle and Thread Thursday!

    :) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

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  14. These quilts are gorgeous, really love the colours.
    I've just been for a mooch about round your blog and I've really enjoyed reading what you've written and seeing what you've made and I especially love your bawthroom spot.. jut great.

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  15. It looks absolutely gorgeous!! Yay you for finishing it! I'm definitely thinking i want to make another... just not quite yet!

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  16. I absolutely adore this quilt. Its glorious in your banner. It cause me to search your site to find this post.

    I want to make one of these for myself.

    I LOVE it!

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