Wednesday, June 26, 2013

11 - 11- 11 finally finished!

The all corduroy quilt which I made for  Corduroy Appreciation Day (11-11-11) is finally finished! You can read about its beginnings here.





 I backed it with a piece of flannel (which I bought YEARS ago with the idea of making a nightie for myself).  I did not use any batting, because I felt the corduroy was heavy enough; it didn't need the extra insulation.

 I took my time quilting it using either red or light blue perle cotton #8. Sometimes I used the big stitch, but more often I reverted to a smaller stitch length, simply because that is what I am used to. I had no overall quilting plan, so each section was decided as I came to it.  There are two pieces of velvet in the quilt, which I left unquilted.  The binding is made from a tight velour or suede cloth, which was in the bag along with the corduroy pieces that I had received.





 Friends asked me if corduroy is hard to hand quilt. Actually no.  It isn't as tightly woven as one might expect. Not having a batting to needle through also helped.

This is the most free formed quilt I have ever made.  The more I look at it, the more I like it!


10 comments:

  1. fun quilt and great hand quilting.

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  2. What an amazing quilt . . . I love that you allowed the quilting to evolve as you worked and that it is not all the same (size and color). Awesome finish!

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  3. This is Fabulous!!! A striking quilt and the your hand quilting is wonderful.

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  4. Really, really great! Your stitching adds even more interest.

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  5. What a fabulous item, corduroy is such a great fabric. You always make such nice stuff, fun to see...

    Karin

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  6. Somehow the triangular images that float across this quilt make me want to name it, "Regatta". It is very pleasing to look at it!

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  7. Makes me happy to look at your quilt. The freedom in the design is great. I'm a big fan of Gwen Marston, so easy for me to like this too. I can appreciate the things you write in the sidebar about you making quilts. I totally agree. I liked reading down your blog, thanks.
    Groetjes
    Annemieke

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  8. Congratulations!! It looks wonderful! I love the quilting you did. It adds a whole other layer of design on top of the great design you pieced.

    This makes me want to hurry up and finish my 11-11-11 cord quilt. I'm STILL tying the thing. It's seeming to take forever - because I don't work on it often enough. The end is in sight. I'm hoping to have it done for this year's 11-11.

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