Goodness me, it takes me just about as long to set this blog up correctly, as it does to make the quilt!!Trouble is I don't do it often enough.
This quilt was a great success thanks to the idea from maryquilts
and our GD was very happy. It was for her 9th birthday.
I put polar fleece on the back and didn't put any batting in the quilt. Also when I made the string blocks I used some old calico curtains for the back of the blocks rather than paper.
Not sure if I'd do that again, as it's quite heavy, but I didn't want to get rid of all the paper. On second thoughts I don't suppose it's any heavier than if I'd batted and backed it. It's a double bed quilt and measures 64" x 72"
Now onto finishing a cot quilt for # 4 Great GS who lives in Australia.
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2 comments:
The colours are fabulous. I'm not surprised it was a big hit with your GD
I don't like to take the paper out of paper pieced blocks either. What I do is instead of paper I use very soft lightweight interfacing -plain - not the iron on type. I scan my pattern and print it on the interfacing which I have ironed onto freezer paper so it will be stiff enough to go through the printer. No tracing and no pulling bits of paper off!
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