4.5 years ago when I was learning to quilt I took a quick lesson on hand quilting. In order to perfect my tiny stitch , I purchased a crib size whole cloth quilt at a quilt show.
Today, I am proud to say that after all these years of hand stitching this quilt in the early hours of the morning, it is ready to be cut, binded and washed.
You will see that the pictures with the blue ink is how it came premarked and the pictures without the ink is the backside.
Once I wash it, all the ink will come off( I hope) and it will look like the backside.
Binding it will be a pleasure.
I hope to make a queen size wholecloth if I could find an affordable one.
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26 comments:
Wow! Beautiful! What an accomplishment.
I believe you can say you have perfected your tiny hand quilting stitches now, it's fabulous!
Now that is a STUNNING quilt!! It lookss fabulous..Well done. One of my daughters happened to say she would LOVE a queen sized whole cloth quilt, but I have no idea how to go about it...and you did it ALL by hand quilting.....Wow!! Really wonderful. ♥
I love wholecloth quilts! The baby quilt is just beautiful.
What a great idea to learn to quilt. I need to pick up one of these for myself.
It looks great! Be sure to show it when it is bound.
Wow. Wow! What a wonderful accomplishment, I hope you're very proud of yourself. You need to take it outside and get some shots in brighter light, you're not doing it justice!
Wow, Betsy, that is absolutely gorgeous! I love an all-white quilt - and I really love whole cloth quilts. What an accomplishment!
XOXO,
Cyndi
Beautiful! I can't wait to see it all bound and finished!
wow,,,wow...wow... great job!!
Wow, this is fantastic! Congratulations on finishing this enormous undertaking.
Last night I also finished hand-quilting a quilt I assembled about six years ago. I've worked on the quilting off and on over the years, but it's always been moved to the back burner as other projects popped up, so I'm excited to finish it at last so we can enjoy using this thing we've been looking at for years! :)
Beautiful!!! And such perseverance. I'm in awe. I doubt I would have ever finished such a thing.
Beautiful. An heirloom quilt! Love it. I also enjoy whole cloth quilting. Great way to perfect your hand quilting. I do hope you enter this one in a show. Absolutely delightful!
SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
Beautiful!!! You did a lovely job quilting this! :)
Whoa...all my hand. Job well done!
You did a very nice job!!!
What an amazing achievement! Congratulations!
That is an amazing and beautiful accomplishment Betsy!
Just beautiful Betsy..What an amazing achievement! Congratulations!
Julia ♥
Good for you Betsy! A great way to learn the art of hand quilting.
Really beautiful!
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL quilting blog! Snooped around and love the things you've made. Just stopping by to thank you for signing up for my giveaway!
Wow, great job! It is fabulous!
That quilt is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful!! I am sureit fels good to have it done as well.
Congratulations on a job well done! I recently did a post on "bucket list" projects and a white, hand quilted wholecloth is my ultimate one.
Will this be the "family heirloom" quilt? If so, make sure it gets a special label on it to commemorate its completion.
I made my grandson a quilt for his baptism last month. you will find it in older posts on my blog. I didn't have a pattern or have it preprinted, wish I had... I found that it was a great exercise in improving my skilss as well.
Beautiufl job! You should be very proud!
I'd like to link to your blog sooon, if this is okay. You have much to show.... Also, I'll put you on my list. :)
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