2017 Finishes - Patches - #33

This project is old. Probably around 2007 - 2009.  I got the top finished during that time too.  For some reason (probably when I moved into my new sewing room in 2012)  Also,  it was a UFO from long before I started blogging.  Hence, there are no pictures of progress or any details.  

Most of what I am going to write about this one is strictly from memory.  I think this was a kit bought at the Sewing Expo that comes to town once a year.  I bought it because pastels are one of my favorite styles of quilts.  I would have never have bought the pattern because of the picture used on the pattern.   Color throws me sometimes.  But, to the defense of the pattern maker, the quilt was easy, and it uses fat quarters.  A plus in any quilter's world.

The sun faded out the true colors.  This is one quilt that is much more beautiful in person than a picture can do.  Really, it is very beautiful.

Close up of pattern and binding.

The backing is shabby chic pink tone on tone.  Another plug letting you know it is much prettier in person than the picture.

Size: 72" x 96"

Fabric Lines Used:  Kit using miscellaneous pastel colors

Pastel blue, green, yellow, pink

Pattern: Patches

Designer:  Sandy McCauley

Long Arm Quilter:  Carol Logan Nelson

Year Began: 10/2007

Year Completed: 10/17 

2016 Finished Quilts - Asian Shadow Box Quilt 9

This quilt is the first in a series of posts about quilts that I have finished this UFO resolution year.  

This quilt started out as a kit.  It was bought at a quilt shop off the beaten path, one I have not been back to ever since visiting about 4 years ago.  My husband spotted a shop sample on their wall, and said that his sister would love a quilt just like that one.  I was just going to get the pattern, when he discovered it was made up in a kit.  

The quilt pattern is called, "Shadow Box".  Placement of the dark fabric on two sides of the prints, creates a 3D illusion giving it a shadow box effect.  The prints are various Asian prints set on a white background.

My husband helped me pick out this kit and fabrics, because he wanted me to make one for his sister. Her bedroom is in an Asian theme, and this quilt will be a perfect fit for her bed.  

It is a nice size for a throw for a queen bed, but it is more of the size for a twin bed.  When I put the pictures of all my finished quilts on my FB page, this was the most favorite out of all my finishes so far.  If you can spot the error, please don't say anything, I found it once it was all done, and so far no one has noticed until I point it out, so I left it alone.

This is a close up of the border fabric and the matching binding.  I am doing more and more bindings using the same fabric as the last border.  I like the finished look of it when done.

This shows the backing I used.  It matches nothing with the front fabrics, but there are no repeats in the shadow boxes either, so this backing is a permit fit for this quilt.

Next are the specific facts about the quilt:

Size: 68" X 80"

Fabric Lines Used:  Various Asian fabrics

Pattern: Shadowbox from Mountainpeek Creations

Designer:  Kari Nichols

Long Arm Quilter:  Carol Nelson

Year Began:  2016

Year Completed:  2016

Warmest...