The top for my scrappy disappearing nine patch quilt is finally finished. This quilt fits a full bed and it contains 2,052 2.5" squares. The little black squares are 3/4" square to give you a size reference. Now I wish I had used completely different squares so I could call it my millenium quilt, but maybe next time.:) If there is a next time...
I love, love, love how scrappy it all is. It took me forever because I sewed the blocks together incorrectly so when I had long strips together I realized it wasn't fitting together right. So I had to rip, rip, and rip and then resew. I did this several times. There are still a couple of mistakes, but I don't think they are noticeable unless you really look.
I love how it looks from the back with the sun shining through! It reminds me of stained glass.
Someone always tries to get in the picture. Every time I go outside to take a picture of a quilt, she sneaks into the bottom of the frame. The wind was lightly blowing and as I walked over to start taking it down, her little head popped out. I had to grab a picture! I am definitely keeping this one. It is my favorite so far. Now I just need to start quilting all these tops I am collecting.Thank you to all of you who sent my mom bloggy birthday love yesterday! I know that she appreciated all of your wonderful comments on her quilts. Thanks!!!
13 comments:
oh, very nice work. i used to do this , too, but yours is far beautiful than mine... :)
Oh, my goodness, Audrey, that is AMAZING! I can't believe you have pieces less than an inch in size there!
That's either a labor of love or you're nuts! lol
I think you would have made a fine pioneer woman.
I love this. I am thinking of using the fabric I dyed for one of these. What do you think?
Fabulous work and you are one of three quilters on my google reader's featured blogs today!!!
This is amazing - you did a fantastic job on this. I love it. can't wait to see it quilted. And your puppy is so cute - such a sweetie - she loves to be photographed at least!
Kris
omg, 2,052 squares? that's amazing... you ought to change your blog's title to audreyamazing!
I always hold my finished quilts up to the light, too :)
AMAZING! Can't wait to see it quilted :)
I may possibly die of jealousy. Didd you use the fusible stuff for this one? I forget what its called. Im stupid tonight. Im STILL collecting for my postage stamp quilt. I may finish it by the time Im 100. Great work!
wowsers!!!! beautiful job.
lovely. can you post the instructions for this?
O.M.G. you are INSANE! That's a lot of squares...
This sucker belongs on a wall, that's impressive!
Wow! I just stumbled across this while looking for scrappy disappearing nine patch pictures. Makes my five inch squares look absolutely huge.
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