Saturday 25 April 2015

Triangle Quilt - DONE!

I finished the quilt for my husband, a gift for our first wedding anniversary, at about 15:30 on the day itself, having been locked away in the sewing room for much of the week.  Not ideal, but I got there in the end!

In the final week I completed the top,



basted,









quilted,












squared up,


and bound the whole thing!

Basting was the first time I got to see the whole thing at once, and I was suddenly pretty intimidated with an overwhelming feeling I'd bitten off more than I could chew.  I ploughed on though and was pretty chuffed with the results.  This is the largest quilt I've made and although there were lots of learning curves (next post - right now I'm just reveling in the positives) I'm delighted with how it turned out.




 It's too big to photograph!

Linking up with everyone this week:


Sew Cute Tuesday

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Sew Fresh Quilts


16 comments:

  1. Your husband's anniversary quilt is amazing. My goodness....it is so big!! However did you stitch all that lovely meandering quilting on that little machine?? The fabics and pattern are joyous!! Such a glorious finish!!

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  2. Looks amazing Jennie! And great FMQ - well done!!

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  3. You did a great job! I love your fabric selection and colour choices.

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  4. Absolutely gorgeous! The fabrics are all great together!

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  5. A really magnificent quilt. I love everything about it, the colours, the quilting. Well done on a really great finish and Happy Anniversary.

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  6. Love your colour palette on this one! There are some great fabrics in there... the SunPrint Bikepath grabs my eye. It's funny to me that you made this for your 1st wedding anniversary... I made my (now) husband a triangle quilt the first Christmas we were together.

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  7. What a beautiful quilt. Every time I see a triangle quilt I just want to run to my sewing machine, they are devine

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  8. Congratulations on your anniversary and your gorgeous finish! I love triangle quilts and this one is a great big beauty! Love the colour palette you chose. Good for you quilting it on your Janome! You did an amazing job!

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  9. What a spectacular quilt!!! Gorgeous!!! Don't leave that beauty hanging on the line!
    signed, sticky fingers landenburger xx!

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  10. So much work! Wow. Love the colors you've chosen.

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  11. Congratulations on your finish and Happy Anniversary! I'm itching to do a triangle quilt. When I see beautiful quilts like yours it reinforces this desire. Your quilt is so great! Keep reveling!

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  12. Such a gorgeous quilt! I love the pattern and your fabrics/color palette. Great job and happy anniversary!

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  13. Beautiful quilt! Making a triangle quilt is on my to-do list, yours turned out so well!

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  14. Such a great finish! Love all your pics showing all your the progress, and your colour combo is just lovely! Linda

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  15. What a great gift! I LOVE the colors and fabrics. Happy Anniversary!

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  16. It's absolutely gorgeous! I'm sure he loves it! What does it measure? I saw you as a highlight on Needle & Thread Thursday! Keep up the beautiful work!

    p.s.I too just finished a triangle quilt for my boyfriend!

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