I finished my Spoolquilt top. I am so happy with it! I love the reproduction fabrics together with the Japanese fabric for the sashing. It took me a while to find the right fabric, but I did find the perfect one at my last visit to Petra Prins.
The original quilt was featured in a Quiltmania magazine.
One of the things I liked about this pattern is that the background is made out of one piece. In most patterns the background is made out of 2 HST and a square. This was some extra work, but worth it. Here is a close-up so you can see it:
I did have some bad luck with this quilt. First, I did not have enough spools so I had to make some more, but also take some older blocks apart to get a good mix with the new spools. Then,...well...sashing happened. It is so hard to get that straight. So next time you see me telling you about a quilt I want to make and it has sashing in it...remind me of this quilt...*lol* So the quilt is not square but I don't care!
Third, I made a wrong cut and didn't have enough fabric for the border, I patched 2 smaller pieces together, so it did work..but it took some extra time.
I think I am going to quilt it using an overall baptistfan motif, so you will not see the wobbly sashings so much. I have some woolbatting waiting for a special project. So I think I will use it for this quilt.
Well you might have noticed that I changed my blog a bit again, and the name as well. This is a bit shorter and has a more "clean" look. Cathi made the banner for me..and did most of the blog changes..she is my computersuperwoman..*lol*..so Thanks Cathi!
Barbara
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