Sunday, February 23, 2014

And It Was Free!

Last June, when I attended the Grand Old Flag event at Country Sampler in Spring Green, I was lucky enough to win this door prize.
It's a stack of Fat Quarters of every fabric in the American Spirit line, which is designed by Jeanne at Country Sampler.  I was thrilled to win this!

One of our teachers for that event was Paula Barnes of Red Crinoline Quilts, and she gave a door prize of one of her patterns to each of us.  The one I chose was Second Hand Clothes.  After I got home from the event, I decided to make Second Hand Clothes from all the dark prints in this line of fabric.

This quilt is done and on the bed! 
It's a big quilt, and I couldn't get a picture of the whole thing.  This is a double bed, and it's plenty big for it.  I think it was 85" x 93".  I quilted it myself on my Juki, with a wool batting.  The quilting isn't perfect, but I love it anyway.  And it was free!  (If you don't count the muslin, batting, backing, and spool and a half of thread.)

This was a very easy pattern - it would be a great pattern to teach someone to quilt.  It's all just squares and rectangles, with triangles on the borders.  I had a great time making it.  Working with a nice line of fabric like this is just so pleasant!




8 comments:

  1. I adore your quilt! It would be a perfect stash buster, and it sure looks wonderful with those fabrics! Your quilting is superb!

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  2. What a wonderful quilt, my dear! I love that you tackle all the quilting yourself. (No "Collaborative" categories for you!) I must learn to do more of this for myself in the coming months. Hope to see you very soon.
    xoxo
    Donna

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  3. Free is my favorite price - and your quilt is absolutely wonderful!

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  4. That quilt is gorgeous! And, what a generous door prize! Country Sampler is one of my favorite quilt shops. I have the pattern for the pillow too... need to get stitching on that here... after Snow Days... lol! ;-)

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  5. Beautiful! What a wonderful reminder of a generous prize from one of the best quilt shops in the Midwest! And bravo for tackling the quilting on your own!

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  6. Makes me want to come and visit just to see it in person!

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  7. That's a great prize! You made a beautiful quilt out of it. If you only used the darks, what are you going to make with the rest of them?

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