Friday, March 27, 2015

Friday Finish - For the Love of Sewing!

The day has finally arrived... my 2014 Skill Builder quilt, For the Love of Sewing, is officially FINISHED!!!
The capitals and exclamation points are 100% warranted here... at least in my opinion. Not only did I meet my March Goal for ALYOF, I surpassed it by completing the borders and the binding too. For those of you keeping track, I was #124 on the Goal Setting Party.
I know you're distracted by all those lovely bolts in the background, but try to focus a little, dear reader! This quilt is 15 months of hard work... finally complete.
Yup, I actually embroidered the I ♥ Sewing in that hoop!
 The infamous rotary cutter block that confused more than a few people when I posted about it!
I can't believe how well the sashing came together... it was one of my biggest fears of this project, that and all those different FMQ motifs!
  Quilt roll à la Dominique! It shows off some of those colour snippets in the binding.
Couldn't resist playing with all the lovely props in the workshop!



The Deets
Title: For the Love of Sewing (Pile O Fabric's 2014 Skill Builder BOM)
Size: 56 by 51½ inches
Konas Used: Capri, Coral, Emerald, Medium Gray, Papaya, Pepper, Shadow, White
Quilting: Quilt as you go, Free motion using Gutterman (Colours 610, 390, 687, 110, 462, 10, 102, 20) 
Binding: Kona Shadow with pops of Capri, Coral, Emerald, Papaya, and Pepper, hand stitched with Aurifil 2600
Backing: Assorted Konas listed above
Favourite Part(s): Taking an on-line class and finishing it, learning and applying techniques that scared the scrap out of me
Read about the process: here(Aug), here(July), here(May), here(March), here(Feb), & here(Feb)

I'm linking up today with TGIFF hosted by Simply Pieced, as well as the March Finishes Party for A Lovely Year of Finishes. I'm three for three!
Now on to Technicolor Galaxy - the 2015 Skill Builder BOM!


J

P.S. Many thanks to the lovely Chris of Patch Halifax who allowed me to play with my quilt and camera in her shop on a sunny spring day! And to Alyssa from Pile O Fabric for creating such a wonderful on-line course. I learned so much!

22 comments:

  1. It is a wonderful quilt. Great job finishing it and a very lovely photo setting!!!

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  2. Great finish! I know how hard it is to work on a project for so long. Enjoy it!

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  3. Congratulations - this is absolutely fantastic!!!! :D I particularly love the pops/snippets of color you added into the binding.

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  4. I am just wowed by the perfect colors and fabric choices, thank you so much for sharing with us, that topstitching is divine!

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  5. Congratulations!!! This turned out so perfect! Glad to hear that the sashing worked out easily. You put a lot of hours and hard work into this project. It's absolutely stunning!

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  6. Congrats - its gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing what you do with SB 2015!

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  7. Knowing how busy you are these days, a huge congrats from someone who remains in awe of your talent. It's beautiful, Jenn! I especially love the numbers quilted under the ruler... (I am quilt-terminologically challenged)

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  8. Huge finish!!!! Congratulations this quilt is a winner!

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  9. That is a fabulous quilt! Well done finishing it! Some great quilting!!

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  10. So happy to see the big reveal...looking forward to seeing this puppy in person!
    What an accomplishment!

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  11. So happy to see the big reveal...looking forward to seeing this puppy in person!
    What an accomplishment!

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  12. Gorgeous! The HST block is my favorite. And your photo shoot location is genius. Don't let lat thing touch the filthy dirt-snow!!

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  13. Amazing! So nice to see all the blocks put together. You deserve this finish -- you have worked hard on this project. Way to go!!

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  14. Congratulations! I'm so glad you made it to the finish line and learned and had fun in the process. I especially love your pink strip on the sewing machine 😊

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  15. What a great finish! I love seeing all the blocks come together.

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  16. Yes, great backdrop for this awesome finish, but it was distracting ;-)
    Enjoyed the photoshoot! Especially all the FMQ. I still haven't tried the Quilt as you go method..

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  17. That is fabulous! Not only the amazing blocks but the quilting as well!!

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  18. This is a very impressive skill builder. I love your fmq.

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  19. Oh I just love it. Nicely done!

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  20. This quilt is so amazing! Going to pin it and stare longingly from time to time x

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