Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Double Hourglass Quilt - Finally finished!!

Well I said about 6 weeks ago that I could not make a quilt in a week and I was right!!. Since then this is all I have worked on. On Mothers Day I did a last ditch clean up of my overflowing craft stuff. Completed all my mending and cut and sewed the last strip on this quilt.
I still felt it was not big enough for the bed (Aaron agreed!!!). But I am over it and it will have to do. It is more of a summer quilt anyway so does not have to cover so much. It is also going to be very hard to quilt as it is soooo big.
Aaron immediately got under it to test try and then we discussed how to quilt it. So that is now the quandry, a good quandry to have.
This quilt and the method came from Cluck Cluck Sew. Though I have quite a few tips re ironing that makes the assembly of the blocks easier. I also tried to make the template occording to her directions but in the end the good old 6.5" square board does the trick.
So with the left overs I am going to make a little quilt for the charity I support, so will take photos and put up my tips later.


7 comments:

  1. Oh Karen it is lovely, to think you started whilst I was in NZ and now it is nearly complete. You are a talented lady. x

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    1. Oh my goodness, what a fatal flaw in my comment. Kill me now - how dare I put england, you are scottish through and through!!!

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    2. you are forgiven......just don't do it again or it's the naughty spot for you!!!!!! LOL xx

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  2. Hello to you back in England. To think I started this when you were here and it took that long to finish!!!

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    1. How many times Mrs Schulz, Scotland lassie, Scotland!!!! :) Looking very good and I'm sure you're very pleased to have finally completed the top. Well done!

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  3. This is a lovely quilt - I hope you are feeling well proud of yourself. Look forward to seeing how it is quilted.

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  4. Very nice quilt and excellent color choices.

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