Nine patch beauty is now a flimsy! It only took a couple hours to remove the paper from the back of the flying geese sashing. I sewed the square/square blocks onto the sashing pieces then sewed them onto the quilt. The outside border is a red print fabric with no piecing, the quilt is busy enough without a busy border. At this point, the flimsy is 95" by 105" so he's a good sized queen. Some people call this size a king but it's not. We have a king sized bed and it wouldn't be large enough to hang over the sides and cover the mattress.
It's too wet outside to take pictures so I've done the best I can inside. Once the ground is dry, I'll take outside photos, the colors will look better.
There are a lot of seams in this quilt! It will be a heavy bed quilt.
I hung the flimsy onto the bedroom curtains. Now I need to use the sticky roller on them.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this flimsy. Those who follow me know that every year I donate a flimsy that is hand quilted then sold in an auction that supports the school our Pennsylvania grandchildren attend. When the farmer and I visited them last summer, they told us of their plans to move in the spring to a new farm that is several hours east of their present location. Since they won't be attending the old school anymore, I won't be donating flimsies. I'll just keep this quilt in the to be quilted closet until it's needed then I'll have it longarm quilted.
Here are previous posts about 9 Patch Beauty, December 16, 2022, December 23, 2022, December 27, 2022 and January 3, 2023.
I used to be able to juggle having several quilts in progress at one time but I'm tired of that way. For me, right now, I am planning to focus on one quilt at a time until it's a flimsy, at least that's my goal.
There were several questions about foundation paper piecing in my last post. I googled foundation paper piecing and found this tutorial. I hope it answers your questions. There is a lot of information on the web about foundation paper piecing, just google your questions and find your answers! Like any other skill, it needs practice to become easier.
Linking to Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF!, Peacock Party, Whoop Whoop Party, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts
20 comments:
I am excited to see where this flimsy lands!!! You make such beautiful tops I can’t imagine it being long armed but has a top of seams to battle otherwise do that is the right choice :)
Happy focusing on one thing at a time!
Kathi
This piece turned out so FABULOUS! The flying geese look perfect on the border. I can't say enough about this top! Whoever receives it will be very lucky! Whooo-hooo!
This is really a neat quilt! I sometimes juggle several WIP and other times I only want one going. It's whatever feels right! ~Jeanne
Your nine-patch and the changes you made to the original pattern are wonderful! I hope you will post a picture of the quilting when it's done. I'm sure it will be a challenge to quilt with all those seams, but it will be so worth it!
really nice quilt top - I think they don't call the sizes right either for quilts. you are right that size wouldn't cover a king well at all. I have queen deep mattress and high off the floor and I make mine at least 100x100 or 108x108 and always have to purchase the king batting which is too big but the queen is too small.
I like your changes to the pattern better! It's a really pretty quilt. I think those geese are happy to all be flying the same way. ;) Thanks for the foundation paper piecing link!
What a beautiful quilt top. A lovely rendition of the model in the magazine.
Beautiful! I love all those flying geese flying the same way!
Your version is fabulous but that is a LOT of small pieces.
I like better your version.
You really improved on the quilt pattern with your version Gretchen! Beautiful work and glad that you will be keeping it! Hugs
beautiful - I like where the flying geese are in the quilt
Your version is beautiful, and I love the flying geese this way, letting the eyes rest and follow the move. Gorgeous top! I like your wise resolution to make one quilt at the time ;)
Thank you for sharing this beauty, and linking up.
Wow! It is stunning! I love that your flying geese are moving around the quilt together and the red outer border is the perfect ending for the quilt. Wherever it eventually ends up, I'm sure it will be treasured.
This is drop dead gorgeous Gretchen,
That is just so pretty!!!
Gosh this is beautiful - I love your deviation from the original. I love the clever 'sashing' of the 9-patches and the way you have done the FG.
Hi Gretchen! I think you did a fabulous job making this pattern yours. I have always loved making the nine-patch block. If I had to guess, our first 50 quilts were using that block. The change to having the FG just as a border is a nice update, I think. They really finish off all the little cute nine-patches so well. It's too bad it cannot be a donation auction quilt. Great job. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
It is a beaut! My favorite kind of scrap happy quilt too. Whatever cause or person gets this one will be lucky!
Wow! Just gorgeous!!! xx
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