Friday 25 January 2013

Dotty Bright is done!

Hurrah! A "real" finish for January at last!

This quilt top and backing were completed in May last year but there was always some excuse as to why they didn’t get quilted.

I wanted to do stitch-in-the-ditch but the professional quilter who does the work for our community quilting group said I should use curves to balance all the straight lines!

Dotty Bright was one of the projects on my January focus list and with temperatures 95° and above, I didn’t feel like standing in our uninsulated garage and quilting.

And so I fell back on my original idea -- stitch-in-the-ditch on my Janome machine. It took me one afternoon to finish the quilting and nearly as long to tie-off all the ends, especially those from the inner border.
2013 Dotty Bright finished
Finding the right blue for the binding was tricky; the blue I had was almost exactly the same shade as the blue dots on the black background, but it screamed look at me way to much. In the end, I decided to go with a less green-blue; more in keeping with those blues in the quilt itself.
2013 binding choice
I’m glad I didn’t use an all-over pantograph pattern, I think the pattern of the blocks is what's important! Or maybe I’m just trying to justify myself!

Either way, it’s done – hurrah!

And now, having completed this quilt and the Sideways Striped Baby Sweater (by frogging), I have met one of my personal rules – to finish at least two projects a month. But I need to finish another quilt before I can start another quilting project so it looks like you may not be getting those placemats before the end of the month, Older Grandson!


Linking up with Thank Goodness It’s Finished Friday being hosted this week by Nat over at Made in Home.

14 comments:

  1. Well done on your finish! I love that spotty backing fabric :)

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  2. Congrats on the finish! I love the bright colors in this one. I think you are right, its't the blocks and the color that almost demand center stage.

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  3. Hooray for finished! Now it can be put to use and isn't a weight around your neck! I like the quilt-very happy colors/pattern for someone!

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  4. Hooray! on your fabulous first finish. Well done!

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  5. It looks great! I'm glad you did it according to your own vision.

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  6. Well done on your finish, it looks great and I love the spotty fabric.

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  7. Yeah on reaching your monthly goal! So awesome, and such a good feeling to have a finished quilt!

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  8. I really like that polka dot fabric. And the blue border complements the quilt perfectly.

    -Bobbi

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  9. It's lovely! Way to go on your goal, Lynne! Thanks for linking up to TGIFF!

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  10. Gret choice of binding! Well done on your finish!

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  11. Blues can be surprisingly finicky, can't they? THis is a fun quilt. :)

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  12. I really like the black sashing between blocks - makes the colors jump!

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  13. Love all the scrappy colors together. Great job.

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  14. it's really great Lyn. I love the way you've quilted it.

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