First project finished!

[zoethe]

I finally finished the first project of my renewed quilting career, an Amish-inspired wallhanging that I began almost 18 years ago when living in Fairbanks. I made the top then and quilted the middle portion of it, then could not find a border pattern I liked. Then I got away from quilting for a long time. When I picked it up again, finishing this piece seemed like a good place to start, and in a moment of serendipity I happened across the perfect border pattern in a local quiltshop. This morning I finished the binding. Here's a picture of the whole quilt and a bit of detail on the border. (Crossposted to my journal and a couple communities)

Comments

[lyssabard.livejournal.com]

That is WONDERFUL!
Rock on, Gini!

Lys - who lusts for your quilts. Lusts.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks.

[vrax.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a nice floral detail on the edge, great work.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[heathrow.livejournal.com]

How beautiful!

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you!

[mycorethoughts.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's beautiful!

I'm going to have to finish my knitting stuff.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thanks - and you should! I need to drag up the next hand-work project. They are handy to have when you're watching a movie.

[bitterlight.livejournal.com]

That is so gorgeous! I love those colors.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[msginnyo.livejournal.com]

Pretty!

The only quilt I ever made was a crib-sized quilt using the receiving blankets I'd used for all three of my children, and incorporating them in a crib comforter that my youngest child used. I still have it. It goes to the first grandchild I have, if I ever get one of them. :)

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

I've made many, but years ago. It's very satisfying to get back to it.

[lovemedo87.livejournal.com]

wow! that's really really nice. awesome, good job =)

~angela~

[scyllacat.livejournal.com]

I second the motion. That's pretty incredible. Did you do this with a machine? Do you have a quilting frame? I've always liked quilts and I'm good with hand work, but the space required has always stopped me.

How neat!

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

I like your color choices and bow to your artistic sensibilities and hard work!

Re: How neat!

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Wow, what gorgeous, vivid colors. Great job!

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[eh-notsomuch.livejournal.com]

It's PINK!!! I likey!

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[emerald-ibis.livejournal.com]

Lovely, lovely work! I love the vivid colors in this piece. My favorite part, however, is the floral stitching in the border.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

I'm happy that the picture came out well enough to show the stitching! And thanks!

[ba1126.livejournal.com]

Great colors! Hats off to you for finishing! I lose enthusiasm for a project, and then come to hate it if it hangs around too long. More than one article of clothing has finally been sewn and then given away because I was sick of looking at it. (High 'guilt' factor, for taking so long)

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Whereas I can't imagine giving this away, it's been part of my life for so long!

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

SO JEALOUS. It's gorgeous!

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[mommeeof9.livejournal.com]

soldiergrrrl would love it. She is into pink.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

It's a bit more fuschia than the photo makes out.

[leopardprints.livejournal.com]

Nice! I have a friend on my LJ who's a quilting goddess. You should talk to her. cmerun12

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Her entries are mostly friendslocked.

[stella-x3x3.livejournal.com]

I love it. It's beautiful. It's funny cause I am in a terrible crying mood but it made me stop and look. SO thank you.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like it.

[mouseydork.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful. I LOVE the border.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[rita.livejournal.com]

I love crafts that mix the traditional with the non-traditional: in this case, the Amish-inspired pattern with the very non-Amish color palette and organic border design. This is wall-quilt size, no?
Four feet square, maybe?

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

About 3 feet square, actually. And in reality the colors are pretty Amish. They use bright colors for men's shirts and the dresses of young girls. I have seen some Amish quilts so bright that they would knock your eyes back in your head!

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

That is absolutely lovely. Good work. :)

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[ijk.livejournal.com]

Hurray :)

[littlebuhnee.livejournal.com]

Absolutely gorgeous!

*looks around furtively*

*snags it and curls up in it*

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

It really isn't quite curl-up size, I fear. But thanks!

[hyrkanian.livejournal.com]

Lovely work! Add me to the "especially likes the floral stitching" chorus. :) And I don't feel quite so bad now that the first quilt I ever made all by myself stretched over a span of almost 20 years...

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Some projects just need a longer time to simmer. This one was made as part of a color study that was a lot of fun, but I really wanted to hand-quilt it. I thought it deserved that!

[emmasee100.livejournal.com]

That is really lovely. The colours look wonderful, and it looks really well made.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[nuala.livejournal.com]

It's gorgeous!! Wow!

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you!

[ona-tangent.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! The combination of vivid colors, geometric design and floral stitching is both unexpected and wonderful. I love the border.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thanks. The top was actually made as part of a year-long color study I did with a bunch of fellow Cabin Fever Quilters in Fairbanks, Alaska. It encouraged us to push our boundaries in playing with color and was great experience.