2016 Finished Quilts - On Pointe - Quilt 4

I posted about this quilt back in November.  You can read more about it here.  I was really please on how this one turned out.  For a medallion quilt, a sampler quilt, and a busy quilt with such an array of fabric prints.

But seeing it all together, and laid out, it is just impressive.  The colors flow from one block to the next, and it is a stunning selection of fabrics.  This is a really big quilt.  It has 14 12" sample quilt blocks, plus the 24" square center block.

This is a picture of the center, or the medallion portion.  There was an appliqué option, but I chose the pieced option.  

The next four pictures show the four quadrants of the quilt, so you can get a close up of the blocks that were used in the quilt.  Each block is different from the next, giving it the sampler look.

This is a close up of the quilting and the borders.  The flower print at the outer border is a happy look.  I like that in this quilt.

I am alway a fan of stripes for backings and bindings, and this is no different.  This backing is in this line of fabrics, but was not used in the front of the quilt at all.  I am glad, because these complicated blocks would not look good using the stripe.  It then works perfect for the backing.

Next are the specific facts about the quilt:

Size: 83" X 105"

Fabric Lines Used:  Williams In, by Nancy Halverson for Bentarex Fabrics

Pattern: On Point

Designer: Bits 'n Pieces

Long Arm Quilter: Carol Nelson Logan

Year Began:  2009

Year Completed: 2016  

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Quilt Block Sampler Update

So, i posted about this new BOM a couple of days ago, called Quilt Block sampler. You can read about it here.  I dug right in and cut out the first five blocks and groaned.  Each block has so many pieces, and measures 7.5 " square.  I then made the first block, and it was Déjà vu all over again, this is just like the Farmer's Wife blocks.  Swell, just what I want to do over the summer.  Right now, I am having an internal debate on whether or not I want to continue this BOM, or put it back on the back burner.  At least until this winter....sigh.

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Newly Selected UFO BOM

I am still working through the many UFO BOM projects that I have acquired over the past 15 years or so, and have selected this one to work on over the next several months.  

This is called "Quilt Block Sampler", having a total of 84 different blocks to complete the quilt top.  Not going to get bored working on this one, that's for sure.  That's why I stated I would be working on it for the next several months.  It is the kind of BOM that I can work in a block or two in between other projects, and still feel like I am accomplishing the goal of getting this one done.

This is a page out of 23 pages provided as the only direction on cutting out the block and completing the block.  The cutting directions are listed on the left, the completed block is in the middle, and the last picture on the left, is the break apart block, kinda giving direction on how to put the block together.  Most blocks are pieced, but there are a few that are to be paper pieced, and a couple appliquéd.

Here is the big sack, full of individual sacks, each one a block to this quilt, and not sure if you can really tell from the picture, but the fabric is civil war reproductions.  The company, Homestead Hearth, is where I purchased this program/project about 5 years ago.  I know they are not carrying this BOM any more, but they have over 30 BOM's to choose from at any given time, so I am sure you could find something very similar to this one.

I am including a picture of the finishing kit package, as the sack is representative of Homestead Hearth Quilt Shop.  I know where I received the BOM from, just by the packaging they use.  They have always used this paper pattern sack to ship all of their monthly programs out.  I think it is endearing the different ways quilt shop identify themselves to their customers.  

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