During these last few weeks we had a lot going on and so I took a break from working on my quilt but after a while I felt the itch to work on it again. So out came my sewing machine and supplies to take over the kitchen table again.
I sewed all of my squares into strips and then pressed the seams open. This step took a lot more time than I thought it would would. (All those little seams!)
Then I took the strips and started sewing them to each other, trying (and often failing) to match up all the short seams.
And then I had a finished quilt top! I’m being a bit of a tease and saving the picture of the completed top for my next post. But I really like this picture of the back because of the texture and because it’s satisfying to look at All Those Seams after I spent so much time on them.
Now I just need to pick out a fabric for the back. I am really stumped on what color to use. I love the look of gray mixed with bright colors in this quilt and was thinking about using a gray back but now I don’t know.
What do you think? Would gray look good or would a brighter print be better?
Hi Faith,
I've been following your blog for quite a while after finding E's baby eczema picture on a google image search and:
A. Glad E's eczema-free and doing well
B. Love Mimi's cute pictures and happy she doesn't have any allergy symptoms
C. How many awesome robot T's does E have?
D. You're quilting project is giving me the 'craft itch.'
E. I'd go with grey!
Laura
http://nowheyorthehighway.blogspot.com/
Love this quilt! I think a light gray would look great.
Wow. It looks amazing, Faith! I really liked that gray with the pin-striping that we saw.
Wow! Love it. I think gray or a solid bright would look great… depends what you're using it for and what other things in the room you are trying to match??
Thanks for the input, everyone! I stopped by the fabric store today and bought a gray flannel (the one we saw, Gwyn) for the back. I'm so excited! And Jamie, I WISH I was on-the-ball enough to be matching the quilt to a design scheme; I just picked colors that I liked 🙂
Laura, thanks for introducing yourself. I love it when readers delurk! I'm looking forward to checking out your new blog.