I started blogging Sept 4, 2013. It took me a while to figure out what I was doing and how to do it. It took me longer to figure out how to stop being a no-reply blogger so I could interact with my readers. After a while, I found some linky parties and started dialogues with many quilters around the world. What a wonderful journey that has been. One of them is Sandra at mmmquilts who hosts Throwback Thursday Quilts made before blogging.
It took me a few months and many stitches removed and redone. I had machine quilted it in that (in my opinion) horrible monofilament thread that kept stretching and breaking and nesting. On the back is a panel with folded hands and the Lord's Prayer. It is all half-square triangles and squares.
She dragged it back and forth to college and home every weekend for 2 years.
Blessings,
Chris
tgiff. frombolttobeauty.
Great quilt! I love burnt orange too. I love your quilt. ;^)
ReplyDeleteThat is such a pretty quilt! What a great gift for that girl to have from you!
ReplyDeleteWonderful gift! I have a similar pattern and still hope to make it some day.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty pattern and quilt! She is one lucky lady =).
ReplyDeleteChris, this is a gorgeous quilt! What a special gift for a person who went above and beyond for you. I've worked with a few brands of monofilament and it depends on the brand, (some are crappy) the machine (some like it, some don't) and the tension (a PITA to fiddle around with, but once you figure it out, it's a good thread to have for certain quilting uses). Thank you for linking up with TBT!! You and I share a blogging birthday month ;-)
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt and some of my favorite colors! Good job!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous gift this was! The colours looks wonderful together. I've only tried using monofilament once and I hated it, so I've never tried it again.
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