I completed my little Greek Cross quilt for the Doll Quilt Swap. I am pleased with how it turned out, and I hope partner will be happy with it as well. For the binding I used a graph paper fabric. I was thinking of using red, but I thought it was going to be too bold and went for softer instead.
When I first posted the top and asked for quilting suggestions, I had a number of people suggest hand quilting. I really go excited by the idea and even went out and bought some Pearl thread. However, I sat down to start one night, and I decided against it. I just wasn't feeling it. So I took some pretty variegated blue thread and machine quilted around the crosses and diamonds instead. It is subtle, and I think suits the strong pattern.
I did, however, do some hand stitching around the label. I used a note book paper fabric for the label and then stamped on my little message.
Now I just have to wait for the mailing date! *fingers crossed*
absolutely stunning Meg
ReplyDeletePerfectly perfect Meg!
ReplyDeletelooks amazing Meg! Good work!
ReplyDeleteDarling quilt! Love the backing too AND your label!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this!
ReplyDeleteI love this, Meg. The graph paper fabric is so neat, and that label is awesome! I think you went the right way machine quilting. I think it looks wonderful.
ReplyDeletethis is very, very beautiful, i just found it today on flickr and now i am seeing it here again - love!
ReplyDeleteYour mini quilt is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThis is just fantastic. And I like your label. Where did you find stamps with numbers in them? I have stamps about that size but without numbers so it makes it hard to do dates.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for the patterns. I got them in the mail late last week and look forward to making one of them this fall. My girls' pick is obviously the dog. :)
Oh, one more thing... saw in your recent post that your son isn't walking yet. How old is he? My almost-18 month old (Tessa) isn't walking yet either and at times drives me nuts! (My other two walked at 10-ish months). Tessa also isn't eating 'big people' food either, so I continue to feed her baby food + she'll eat crunchy food like cheerios and crackers. What is it with this third kids??!? :)