Saturday, September 15, 2012

Medallion - Drum Roll Please!

At last....the top is done!!
87 x 96
I've labored over this one (as you know if you follow my blog regularly). I felt like giving up for awhile. I just had to let it sit, again and I learned that was for the best. If you don't feel like working on something, give yourself a break. Let it simmer.
I came back to it with a fresh attitude having spent time thinking about all the possibilities...(you know, at 3 a.m.) and lo and behold....one day I was ready to move forward.

The most recent hang up was what to do for the border between the blue strip and the outer points. I tried all kinds of things and ended up using the medium tone prints from the collection in rectangles of various lengths. I didn't want another plain 'slab' border and this seems to be subtle enough while still being scrappy.

This is how much of the mottled tan I have left.  I thought I had enough pieced points made but had neglected to add in that final border (this math...aargh!) so I decided not to put them at the top edge. I could have found something close I'm sure.... but then decided it was a good accident. I did another row of rectangles and think it is a better plan. Those points would not have shown behind the pillows anyway. This quilt is designed for use on a bed...not a wall.





I will be curving the two bottom corners so they won't drag on the floor.







Now - to baste and think about quilting. I may get a long-arm quilter to baste it for me. I've never done that but I think it would be a great time (and back) saver and I would not be dealing with the safety pins as I quilt.



I'm using a wool batt for the first time and am eager to see how I like it; working with it, sleeping under it, washing it. Just in time, too, as the temps are beginning to feel like fall. I lap quilt (no hoop) and I can imagine a quilt on my lap - which was not the case over the past summer!






More history on the medallion setting style at womenfolk



Previous posts about this project:  1   2   3   4




Now What?
:)

5 comments:

  1. This is quite beautiful. I really like medallion quilts. I took a class with Gwen Marsden last spring where she shared many of her medallion quilts. Yours is wonderful.

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  2. Beautiful!!....cant wait to see it quilted, the borders really set it off nicely...I hope you like the wool batting...I love it but it takes a few days of being unrolled to flatten and relax before you can baste it

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  3. Thanks Tim. I will unroll in advance!

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  4. Beautiful, Jean. I agree about setting work aside when we get stuck. Typically a light bulb will go off when we least expect it. I, too, will have my quilt basted by my friend, Judy, who has a long arm, before hand quilting. It just takes tooooooo long!

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  5. I love it when a quilt projects calls out and the solution presents itself. I had a LA in Chan baste mine. I also had her do some 'main quilting' then I went back through and did details.
    Your top is beautiful!

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