Let's Bee Social, WiP Wednesday
All Framed Up
Jan
Today’s post is about a project that I’m ready to make some headway with. When I saw this on My Life in Binding’s blog:
I knew I wanted it as a baby quilt for a friend but in these pinks:
It’s a pattern from the Moda Bake Shop called All Framed Up. I had hoped to finish the top within a week but as it turned out, it took about two weeks before I got it completed. While I do love the colours, it was a headache in the making. As mentioned in another post, I usually follow directions but this time I didn’t and that was a good thing. It’s an effective result but I found it annoyingly tedious to put together. Yes, even as OCD as I think I am, I would call instructions that call for 128 strips 1″ by varying lengths “tedious”. 🙂 Not a big deal. Instead of making the individual strips as directed, I did something similar to chain piecing. I cut long white strips along the selvage and then placed the coloured squares along the white strip, cutting them apart afterwards. The final product is lovely.
I’ll back & bind it with bright pink flannel. (Update: you can see the final quilted version here.) That will be nice and bright, perfect for the intended little girl. I know it will be well appreciated. Now I just need to decide how I want to quilt it. I’m thinking something all over, with hearts. I wish I could keep it for myself. Sigh. I hope I’m not the only one who feels this way about gift quilts. 🙂
Happy quilting!
Love the colors of this. And the pattern is beautiful too
i totally love your quilt top, those fabrics are just awesome
Thank you for the tip on sewing on the white strips! I really want to try making a quilt like this and your method will save me a lot of time!
Very cute. Love the teal in there! I think I would have been figuring out how to chain piece some of that too!
I really like this color combo. The teal is really great. Can’t wait to see it completed.
I love how this turned out! Glad to see your modifications worked for you. This is going to one lucky baby!
Nice! I love the teal and maroon. One of these days I have to get around to using those colors together in a quilt.
That really is a lovely quilt and I love all those pinks – delicious! And no, you’re not alone, I always want to keep my quilts … this year I WILL make one just for me 🙂
What a fabulous combination of fabrics. Love those colours and those prints! You did an awesome job of the piecing. Looking forward to seeing her all backed, quilted up and bound! It’s a gorgeous top!