Woo hoo! A Christmas gift finish! This will be for my grandma. It's a small throw (about 45x55), but she's a small woman, so it should work. The Garden Fence pattern is so fun to work with. The tutorial is from Hyacinth Designs.
I chose to stipple this. It really seemed like the logical choice. The DS Quilts Picnics and Fairgrounds has a vintage look, and I thought the crinkly finish would pair well with it.
I picked up some of the new DS Quilts Sugar Creek fabric for the backing. The typo on the selvedge drives me nuts!!
After I bought the fabric, I remembered my grandma gave me this red floral print awhile ago. I think she said she got it on a trip she and my grandpa took to Hawaii. I decided it would be fun to incorporate this into the back, so I made a jumbo Garden Fence block. Yes, this pleases me.
I was worried about this red fabric of unknown origins bleeding on my white fabric, so I soaked it in a vinegar solution and prewashed it. I threw in a few Color Catchers when I washed the quilt and had no problems (whew!).
I had lots of the Sugar Creek print left over, so I used it for the binding too. I know I got some of my sewing genes from my grandma, so I'm excited to give this to her.
28 comments:
Looks great! And congrats on already having a Christmas finish done! I always seem to put mine off till about 2 weeks before and then spend the whole time in my sewing room!
so cute Katie! :)
I love it.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the jumbo back!!! I may have to make another one with this block but jumbo!! I really enjoyed making the Garden Fence quilt.
So cool!!! I adore the back! :) And that typo still makes me laugh!
Great finish! Is that Sugar Creek in the last photo? (the red) Great quilt back too! Congrats!
(yes, that selvage IS ridiculous. curious.)
beautiful!
That is the perfect choice for the back! And how cool that you are using fabric from your Grandma in a quilt you are making for her? Great job!
It's a beautiful quilt, and I love the back too!!
This is so great! I saw that tutorial and have it saved for a christmas quilt gift I need to finish - yours gets me motivated! I love how you did the big block for the back!
Great job! It's really gorgeous!
GREAT finish, Katie! I love it, especially what you did with the back! :)
I LOVE what you did on the back!!! I am almost done with my JUMBO garden fence quilt top, and I have been thinking how I wanted to finish the back. I never do just one piece of fabric, I love this idea. I will have to do 4 or 9 or 16 even, because my quilt is 100 squares big on the front side. hmmmm will have to see what fabrics I have leftover and then decide what I am doing.
Oh!! I love it!! It is just wonderful! The back is AWESOME!!! Your grandma is going to love it!!
This is 100% fabulous. I love everything about it! Especially the back - brilliant choice. Your grandma is going to LOVE it.
I love the back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful finish :-) such a lovely quilt, your grandma is going to treasure it for sure!
That is absolutely gorgeous! Of all the quilts I've seen that used this fabric this one is my favorite! I LOVE the backing, too. Perfect!
beautiful! Congrats on a gorgeous finish. And on having a christmas present done already!
The back is my favorite!! Love it woman!
such a beautiful quilt. i love the garden fence blocks.
Beautiful quilt Katie - and I love the giant block on the back:)
Doesn't your grandma read your blog? I love how you did the back and used fabric she gave you. I love the whole thing!
Gorgeous quilt! Love it! And aren't there actually TWO typos on that selvage? Leave it to Joanne's ...
Fun finish. Love the navy in that line!
And the back! Fantastic idea.
Looks just wonderful! I keep trying to track down that fabric at my joanne's but it is so unorganized that I end up just leaving.
Fabulous! I really love that huge garden fence on the back!!
Love this quilt - and I love what you did with the back!
That really turned out nice. Congrats on the finish!
~ Kimberlee at The Spunky Diva
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