Dots & Dashes is the largest of all the quilts I'm machine quilting. Stitch in the ditch was the easiest way to quilt. After quilting and being laundered, my dots & dashes measures 58" by 72".
I think she looks so pretty. My ditch stitching wasn't always accurate but you don't notice so much since she's been washed. You see the block rows alternate, I stitched along the edge of the white sashing so the quilting alternates in each block.
A friend of a friend, who decided to quit quilting/sewing, donated their fabric stash to me several years ago with the specification that the fabric be used for charity quilts. The green backing fabric came from that stash.
In this picture you can see how I stitch in the edge along the long sides of the white sashing.
Dots & Dash, along with 4 smaller quilts, will be donated to the cancer center at Goshen Hospital.
You may have noticed in the large picture that there are 4 patches in the side borders. Do to a lapse of mind in planning (😕), they ended up in the side borders instead of the corners where they were supposed to be. I didn't notice this until I took pictures of the quilt before I quilted it. I just didn't feel like taking the quilt apart. We'll just call it a design feature and let it go at that.
The pattern for Dots & Dashes is found at the Quilted Twins website.
Dots & Dashes is the only quilt in this quilting marathon to NOT have a pieced batting.
Just one more quilt to be quilted in my quilting marathon, Tula Hexies!
Linking to Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, Free Motion Mavericks, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Patchwork & Quilts
Your Dots and Dashes quilt looks great! I think I used to have some of that border fabric. It's perfect for this quilt!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is looking great. Well done with the quilting. Always hard work on the big ones. Perfect backing fabric.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your quilting marathon.
I love this quilt, so pretty! I like your design feature. :D
ReplyDeleteYou've been doing an amazing job of machine quilting and finishing these quilts lately, Gretchen! I think Dots and Dashes might be my favorite of the bunch. Your quilting looks great to me!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! You are on a roll! Maybe you could send some of that quilting mojo my way!
ReplyDeleteVery lovely way to use up scraps! Your quilting is great and someone is going to be so happy to receive this. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Such a lovely quilt, with all those dots and dashes of colour.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a lovely finish. Thank you for sharing.
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DeleteDots and Dashes is magnificent Gretchen.Lots of pretty scraps in this beauty.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely design and great use of fabrics. Brilliant finish. xx
ReplyDeleteThe 4 patches are definitely a design feature on the lovely scrappy quilt.
ReplyDeleteNice work on your Dots and Dashes quilt. I love stripe fabric for binding.
ReplyDeleteWell done on a beautiful and scrappy quilt. It's for such a good cause too. The bright colors and images will hopefully bring someone some cheer in a difficult time.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! This is an amazing quilt! Thanksfor the link to the pattern.
ReplyDeleteit is an awesome design feature!! And this is a great colorful quilt!
ReplyDeleteHi Gretchen, Congrats on your finish! Isn't it great how a good washing will hide pretty much any FMQ inconsistencies :-) I like your two random blocks - it looks like you totally planned that! Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteGreat finish, Gretchen!!! I keep seeing it on the link parties so I needed to find time to get over here and comment! I love the off-set 4 patches in the near corners!!! Nice scrappy job! (That was a little demanding of her to say only use it on charity quilts, IMHO.)
ReplyDeleteLook at you getting through the "marathon" of quilting! Well done for this finish! What a lovely way to honor your friend's wishes.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear that the friend of your friend was abducted by aliens (obviously, because why else would anyone voluntarily give up sewing and quilting?!!). ;-). Your Dots and Dashes quilt looks great, perfect binding fabric, and I think SID was the right way to go with the quilting. Great job!
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ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful piece... I'm thrilled. I like it very much.
The squares in the edge are a good thing, I now have a quilt in the making and am intentionally changing something so that it remains "unique" so to speak :-)))
I love the colors.
This is a quilt I could make too. I'm currently on my 3rd top.
Unfortunately I had to realize that I couldn't fit such large quilts under my sewing machine... after a bit of sadness... I decided to give it away for quilting. So in a few weeks, when I get it sent back, I'll feature it on the blog.
Kind regards to you and thank you for the LINK.
Hug from Viola
Your quilt looks great, the quilting is perfect and makes the blocks pop up. Lovely border and backing!
ReplyDeleteLooks great love it
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