A little sand and seaweed won't hurt - the bird poop on the other hand.... ha ha
headed home to toss it in the wash.
A quilt photo shoot is much more fun when the tourists are gone although I'm still a little self conscious wandering around. My iPhone battery went from 3% to 1% then shut itself off but not before I captures a few nice ones.
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| The back |
The FMQ went pretty smoothly with a traced back swirl and random loops. Despite the crazy Christmas crunch - I was also motivated to finally make my A Lovely Year of Finishes goal for December having rolled this particular one over from previous months.
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| way too much binding |
The wave fabric that I was using for the binding had been cut into so I had to piece together a bunch of partial widths having no idea how many strips to make I just kept going until I ran out. There ended up with so much extra, another quilt will surely be bound with it.
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| New Years Resolution Goal - All 9 are done! |
I mentioned before that finishing Rip Curl was especially gratifying because it is the 9th and final top that I set out to make into a finished quilt as part of my New Year's Resolution goal
posted here.
Corduroy
My latest WIP is really kind of exciting. Corduroy improv - finally. It must be nearly 3 years since I started collecting. I was fortunate to have a friend let me in on some tips since I'm pretty much exclusively a quilt cotton kind of gal. The varied texture and depth has appealed to be for longer than that. How about you - ever given it a try?
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| close up |
linking up to
WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced,
Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict,
Finish It Up Friday with Amanda Jean, to the December Finish Link Up at
ALYoF and
Q4FAL 2013 with Leanne at She Can Quilt.
Completed: 1
Rip Curl
New: 2
Corduroy Improv
Christmas Secret
Belated: 3
21st B'day guy quilts
In the planning and plotting stages: 2
2014 Wedding quilts
Rip Curl is beautiful! I have only sewn corduroy with garments, never quilting. You are on to something very interesting with this!!!
ReplyDeleteI love your Rip Curl quilt, especially the back! Good luck with the corduroy!
ReplyDeleteMaybe corduroy is the new pink? The texture of your improv must be amazing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun quilt! lovely location for a photoshoot, wish I had that nearby! The improve corduroy quilt is really interesting!
ReplyDeleteVery cool setting for your photos! The quilt is awesome, well done! Have a Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on meeting your goal for the nine quilts. I finished lots this year, too. I also made a quilt with the same blocks as your Rip Curl. I LOVE your pieced border.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations for meeting your goal of finishing nine quilts in a year! Your Rip Curl is awesome!
ReplyDeleteYour rip curl quilt is beautiful. I love the colours and the beach!! Congratulations on finishing all your wonderful quilts. Xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful finish and photo shoot. And a huge congrats on accomplishing all your New Years Resolution quilts!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful finish and SO cool you got all 9 quilts done!
ReplyDeleteI love Rip Curl - that's one of my favourite classic blocks. And definitely congrats on getting all 9 quilts done as planned!
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