Sorry about being out of order for the quilts I finished this year. But, as I give them away, or in this instance, sell a quilt, I took some pictures (the best that I could at the time) so I would have some record of them in my blog and my quilt notebook. As I get them quilts done this year, I have numbered them, and it has helped me keep better track of what I have done and accomplished. I wish I had started a system like this when I first started making quilts.
This quilt was called "A Civil War Tribute". This was one of the the biggest quilts I have worked on, one of the most complicated quilts I have had the privilege of being a part of, and one of the most difficult quilt patterns I have ever followed. I have found the bigger the quilt, the worse the pattern is, and somehow harder to get to come out square.
I confess, that I did choose to make this quilt to the original pattern from the 1800's and in order to get the blocks to come out to the correct size, the seams were 3/8's inch, and 7/16's inch.
You can read all the posts that I wrote about it here, if you are interested in the progress of me working on the blocks.
While at a trade show with my husband, I was spending some down time, hand stitching the binding on this quilt. Remember it is about 102" X 112', so it was a rather large quilt for hand stitching the binding. It was taking a lot of the down time (in between customers) to get this one bound. Another vendor's wife was admiring the quilt, and telling her husband she would give anything to have a quilt like that for their bed. He came over to ask how much a quilt like that would cost, and I mentioned to him the cost of materials and the amount of time one spends in making a quilt. He didn't blink an eye, stating that he hadn't gotten anything for his wife for Christmas, and felt this would be perfect since she like it so well. Sold!
Here is the finished quilt.
This quilt was called "A Civil War Tribute". This was one of the the biggest quilts I have worked on, one of the most complicated quilts I have had the privilege of being a part of, and one of the most difficult quilt patterns I have ever followed. I have found the bigger the quilt, the worse the pattern is, and somehow harder to get to come out square.
I confess, that I did choose to make this quilt to the original pattern from the 1800's and in order to get the blocks to come out to the correct size, the seams were 3/8's inch, and 7/16's inch.
You can read all the posts that I wrote about it here, if you are interested in the progress of me working on the blocks.
While at a trade show with my husband, I was spending some down time, hand stitching the binding on this quilt. Remember it is about 102" X 112', so it was a rather large quilt for hand stitching the binding. It was taking a lot of the down time (in between customers) to get this one bound. Another vendor's wife was admiring the quilt, and telling her husband she would give anything to have a quilt like that for their bed. He came over to ask how much a quilt like that would cost, and I mentioned to him the cost of materials and the amount of time one spends in making a quilt. He didn't blink an eye, stating that he hadn't gotten anything for his wife for Christmas, and felt this would be perfect since she like it so well. Sold!
Here is the finished quilt.
A close up view of a corner showing the pieced border and binding.
And lastly a picture of the backing and the quilting done by my long arm quilter.
I'm glad I sold this one, as I didn't like it as much once finished as I did when I signed up for the BOM. I am so glad someone else will be enjoying it on their bed. Warms my heart.
Size:102" X 112"
Fabric Lines Used: Civil War Tribute Collection by Judie Rothermel
Civil War Reproduction fabric from Marcus Fabrics
Pattern: Civil War Tribute
Designer: Judie Rothermel
Long Arm Quilter: Carol Logan Nelson
Year Began: 01/2010
Year Completed: 12/2016
Warmest...
1 comment:
Oh my gosh - sold for a price that acknowledges cost of fabric and time taken to make? Well done!!!!
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