This week's project sprang from last week's trip to the South Shore of Nova Scotia. While wandering in lovely Lunenburg, I popped into The Lunenburg Makery and picked up a kit for their row of the Row by Row Experience. One of my MMQG pals was working on it at our last Sew In and I fell in love! And buying the kit was the only way to get the wee Dory Shop sign. I was hooked!
Here's my wee finish - just 13 by 9 inches!
Taking the paper off is so much easier when you actually remember to shorten your stitch length! I highly recommend it!
And the water was pretty fun too! In case you were wondering, that's a traditional Nova Scotian dory. Not just a Disney character, they were used for fishing. When I was a kiddo, my grandfather had a big one he used to row on the lake, often with a gaggle of grandkiddies on board! I might just have to make another in barn red as a reminder of that fine craft!
Now that I've done a few matched bindings, I don't know what I ever worried about. They're nowhere near perfect, but they achieve the seamless visual I'm going for!
I intended to give this mini away, but the more I look at it, the more I want to keep it. One just never knows!
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you'll come back on Thursday, August 4th for the one year anniversary of Throwback Thursday, my monthly link-up to showcase projects from our dark quilty pasts!
J
The quilting really suits the quilt, well done and congrats on your finish!
ReplyDeleteOh I love it Jenn - particularly the unquilted section of the sky, this really increases the mood of the piece :D itsakeeper
ReplyDeleteOh it is so lovely, very cute. I like how you did the binding too, it must have been very fiddly but iy really sets it off well.
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Kate
A very cute little quilt Jenn :)...thanks for hosting today...not sure why the linkup is not showing on your blog page?
ReplyDeleteLove the wood grain!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute little finish! I love all the quilting.
ReplyDeleteI love the mini Jenn. I would keep it too. The parts of the row you used have a really nice symmetry to them.
ReplyDeleteLove this, Jenn and the amount of small details you put into the quilting is very cool. Love the water ripples and wood grain. I always try to remember to set my stitch length to a shorter one. It makes things so much easier.
ReplyDeleteYou did such a great job Jenn! I love the quilting! It flows so well and really makes this piece come alive! I really hate when I forget to shorten my stitch length...not a pretty sight tearing papers like that. You also nailed the binding! Love it all!
ReplyDeleteI really like how the door of the building matches the dory; it's a lovely pop. And matched binding can be such a great design feature! Congratulations on the finish and I'll be curious if you give this away / need to make another for yourself soon!
ReplyDeleteI love the quilting on this, you did awesome! The woodgrain is spot on! The little dory is cute as a button too. 😊
ReplyDeleteSo many great details in this mini, I love the woodgrain in the deck, the quilting is super!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Great job. I haven't even starting thinking about my Row by Row patterns. Guess I better get moving.
ReplyDeleteIt's adorable. I am very impressed with your matched binding! I've never done that before! Oh, boy! Something new to try! Have a nice weekend! XO
ReplyDeleteLove your quilting! :)
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I grew up in a fishing village. I may have to see about getting a dory sign. Our dory was light gray :)
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