Monday, July 06, 2009

Design Wall Monday

It's Monday again...this week went by so fast I can't believe it! That is one disadvantage to posting on Judy's Monday report..you realize how quickly time goes by and how much you did not accomplish from your list of quilty goals!
However, I am delighted to report that I finally have a finished quilt top on the design wall!


This is from a Robert Kaufman kit called "Permission to Play: Kaleidoscope" that I bought at Hancocks in Paducah in April. I haven't posted anything about this quilt since May 19th, when I posted 3 layouts for blog readers to vote on - click here to see the layouts. My blog readers voted for layout C by a small margin but I decided to sew layout B, because I liked the strong vertical and horizontal lines it created.
These were very trickey seams to sew with a lot of odd angle seam matching to do. Although I don't usually use many pins, these seams needed hundreds of pins to even come close to matching! That's why it took so long...but I persevered and now it's ready for quilting!
If you want to order one of these kits from Hancocks, click here. They come in 3 different colourways - cool, warm and earth tones.

12 comments:

SandyQuilts said...

Pretty quilt.

I stopped using pins ... too many sticks. I use Elmer's Washable School Glue ... thin line and iron dry ... PERFECT. I expanded on an idea from Sharon Schamber who uses the Elmer's for her applique. Sharon is an award winning quilter.
http://sharonschambernetwork.com/free_area/free.html

Pattie D said...

Very beautiful...nice job! Finishes feel good, don't they

Unknown said...

Love the colors and design!

Quilt Rat said...

Gorgeous! I absolutely love the colour combo and the play of movement and light in this. Ah....but now how do you plan to quilt it?

Vicki W said...

I love the colors of this quilt!

Sandie @ crazy'boutquilts said...

Cool colors! I'm curious abt how you will quilt it too~ :-) Have fun!

Maya Madhavan said...

Wow! That looks fabulous! I guess the pinning was worth it, right? The points look very neat.

Diana LaMarre said...

Great colors--love it!

Those seams look like a nightmare. Kudos for sticking it through to the end. How many times did you get jabbed from all those pins? :)

Jean said...

It looks great! I would have to pin like crazy too. I have one of those type quilts in my future...I have the fabric, just need to get to it.

Gina said...

I love that quilt. It seems to be moving

Love and hugs Gina xxx

Rhonda said...

Great colors Kathy and I love the design. And I know what you mean about the week going by so quickly. I blink and it's gone!
Take care.....it's Tuesday.....LOL!

Peg - Happy In Quilting said...

That is totally awesome...