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I finished my quilt!! I’m so excited to show you because I’m THRILLED with how it turned out.
Here is the finished result:
My favorite part is the way I quilted it. I free-motion quilted it on my sewing machine and it only took a couple of hours. I was Pin-spired by this Pinterest:
Image via Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pin/130658065/
Do you see the circles? She calls it “Pebbles” although I feel like a more appropriate name would be “Bubble wrap” because that’s what my quilt reminds me of.
So a couple of things:
1) I LOVE the way this style of quilting looks. 2) It’s nice to do when you only baste with safety pins (rather than spray and safety pins which I usually ALWAYS do because it’s foolproof) and 3) this style uses a TON of thread so be prepared with a bunch of pre-loaded bobbins.
Overall I’m really happy with this quilt. It didn’t take too long and turned out very cute. And I’m so happy/excited/relieved that I finally perfected my machine binding method. It’s been a long journey but now I get a perfect or nearly perfect binding every time (and that includes puff quilts–which are harder to machine bind well.)
Linking up to:
Liz says
August 24, 2011 at 12:09 pm“Pin-spired!” I love it!
Mandy @ Sugar Bee Crafts says
August 24, 2011 at 12:45 pmlove it!!
Whitney Ulrich says
August 24, 2011 at 1:31 pmThose are awesome. You are one talented lady and I just realized I have been reading your blog for a long time and didn’t realize it yesterday when I met you. I am Leanne’s daughter. It was fun to meet you and go to lunch. sorry about my little monster. You should hop on over and link this up to my party
http://tyandwhitneyulrich.blogspot.com/2011/08/show-and-share-linky-party-2-co-host.html
A mommy’s life…with a touch of YELLOW
tyandwhitneyulrich.blogspot.com
Heidi @ Honeybear Lane says
August 24, 2011 at 2:37 pmOh that’s so fun Whitney! It was great to meet you too. Your blog is super cute! I will link up!
Marian says
August 24, 2011 at 3:31 pmI love that quilt!!! so what is your secret to perfect binding??
Rachel says
August 24, 2011 at 7:39 pmWow, that turned out great! I love it! Your little girl is going to love it when she gets bigger! 🙂
amy says
August 24, 2011 at 9:49 pmSo adorable Heidi! I have always wanted to make a quilt!
Leanne says
August 25, 2011 at 4:55 amOh my gosh Heidi! I love this quilt. I think it looks like bubble wrap too. It really is beautiful and I love pinwheels. It was so great to go to lunch with you. You look great. Have a safe trip back home. I can’t wait to see you again iin the Spring.
Beth says
August 26, 2011 at 12:06 amJust wonderful ! ! Love it !
Allison {A Glimpse Inside} says
August 26, 2011 at 1:17 amIt is gorgeous!! You did a fabulous job!
Thanks for linking up to this week’s Catch a Glimpse party!
Melissah says
August 26, 2011 at 11:05 pmI’ve just stumbled upon your lovely blog. I look forward to popping by again for some more inspiration! I’m just new into blogging this year & have put together a daily blog on design, fashion, food, travel and anything pretty.
http://scrapbook-melissah.blogspot.com/ and
http://coastal-style.blogspot.com/ for everything chic and coastal
I had a lot of fun putting them together maybe you would like to check them out if you have a spare minute.
x
Melissah