Thursday, August 23, 2012

Dresden quilt FINISHED!!

Hi Everybody,
I'm glad You're here! I'm sooooo excited to share some pictures about the quilt I finally finished :)) I still have to wash it so stay tuned because  more pictures are coming up in a future post, but I'm just too excited not to share these. I've been wanting to take pictures for 2 days, but it was dark when I finally put the last stitches in, and yesterday I just wasn't home during the day.
The quilting process was kind of slow, it took me 2 days to finish because we needed to run errands in the meantime. I was really happy I have a seam ripper again since it involved a lot of un-stitching. I was using Sulky rayon 40wt variegated thread on the top and solid pink on the bottom, same kind. Somehow when I went over a lot of seams in a short period of time, the thread shredded and I had to re-start again. That involved a lot of starts and stops. I tried to make a flower out of the 3-D pinwheels in the corners, but ended up picking out the stitches because of too many layers, and also the floppy pinwheel blades kept getting caught in the free motion foot. Other than those troubles the quilting went smooth. I expected to finish it a lot faster, but it's all right, I'm done! And that's what counts! I ended up binding it by hand because I just didn't feel like playing with my  machine about picking out what kind of decorative stitch to use to secure the binding.

First, here's the back (which in REAL life looks like it's trapunto). I pieced the leftover "blades" and the test 3D pinwheel block. For the record, the top and bottom fabric are the same. Also the quilt looks kind of wobbly since 2 hangers weren't enough, but 3 were one too many :)


Here are some close-ups of the quilting of the block itself and the border.




The front:

Close-up:


Close-up of the borders:





Close-up of the blocks:




And the 4 corners with the 3-D pinwheels:


3D pinwheel




Hope you enjoyed the show and I'll be back hopefully tomorrow night with more pictures of the washed quilt. I'm also planning to give it to the Birthday Girl and hope to snap a picture of her too!
UPDATE: You can see  the after-the-wash pictures by clicking here.
I'm linking up with TNT Thursday and Can I get a WHOOP WHOOP?
Thanks so much for visiting and come again soon! :)

'Til we blog again! :)

25 comments:

  1. Your quilt is FABULOUS! Beautiful blocks, quilting......it's just perfect!

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  2. You've worked so hard on this quilt and it looks BEAUTIFUL!!! It will make a perfect gift for the birthday girl! :)

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  3. Wow it's stunning! Such gorgeous quilting, you are so talented! And I love the 3D pinwheels, what a great idea. You must be thrilled with the finish. :-)

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  4. this quilt is just beautiful! fabric is lovely, quilting is gorgeous! very nice job!!! i love it:)

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  5. Your quilt is absolutely lovely! Love all the different shades of pink.
    Which fabric line did u use?

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  6. It's beautiful and your quilting is amazing! I'm sure the birthday girl will cherish it. Great work, Kati.

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  7. It looks great, Kati! Did you do it on your regular sewing machine?

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  8. What a sweet quilt. I love the closeups too...*and* the back of the quilt. Glad you linked up with Melissa so I could discover your blog.

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  9. I love, love, love this. I wish my Dresden Plate quilt will look as great as yours. The quilting is amazing.

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  10. Great work...love the colours...suits it very well. Did you do the border completely freehand, or did you follow some markers with your loops. They are very consistent...looks really good.

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  11. LOVE this!!! The quilting look perfect! What an awesome quilt!

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  12. Katie that turned out great! The pinwheels really add so much cute to an already cute project.

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  13. The pinwheels add so much cute to an already amazing project!

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  14. You did a wornderful job, love the sweet colors.
    Jackie
    Sewexcitedquilts.com

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  15. Your quilting looks AMAZING. I love how you quilted the dresdens and the pinwheels are genius!

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  16. Stunning! I love those 3D pinwheels - what a gorgeous touch!

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  17. Very Cute! And I love the quilting.

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  18. There aren't enough superlatives for me to describe my reaction to this quilt. I love everything from the beautifully blended Dresden plates, 3 D pinwheel corners, pieced backing to the gorgeous quilting. Your fabric choices are gorgeous and this comes from someone who is not a fan of pink. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  19. This is so beautiful!! I love the 3D pinshweels. So adorable!!

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  20. That is a beautiful quilt! The quilting you did on it is amazing!

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  21. A whoop-de-dooooo - just so love dresden and you have worked this sew well Kati with the quilting & the corners. Looking forward to the next reveal.

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  22. Thanks for providing the link for these pics of your quilt! Beautiful quilting along with a beautiful quilt. I especially love the added bonus of your pinwheel corners! I hope my Mom loves hers as much as yours obviously did! :D

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