Tuesday 29 September 2015

A Finish


Houses quilt with hydrangia

 I did it, I finished one of my quilts.  Encouraged by A Lovely Year of Finishes (Challenge) I decided I wanted to finish a very old project.  This project was started at least five years ago, probably more.  What usually stalls me is making a back and then actually quilting.  I bought a longarm machine about four years ago so that I could actually quilt, I also thought it would be a good idea to quilt for others to pay for my machine.  Well I now quilt for others almost all the time and my quilts wait patiently at the back of the closet.  Thank goodness for A Lovely Yearof Finishes, I just needed a little help, and a challenge or deadline will do it for me.
House Sampler quilt

Something else that stalled me on this quilt was deciding how to quilt it, I kept thinking something special, in each block together with trees and rocks and skies.  Well after doing a couple of customer house quilts with pantographs and talking to a few other longarm quilters I decided a pantograph would be just fine.  Thank goodness, otherwise this quilt would still be waiting.  I used the Blowing in the Wind pantograph by Irene Steele of Willow Leaf Studios and a light olive coloured thread.


Blowing in the Wind pantograph

For the backing I chose to go through my stash and pick all the larger pieces of matching fabrics and piece them.

So now it is quilted and bound and I am thinking about a project for October.  Stop by SewBitterSweet designs to see what others have finished or to join A LovelyYear of Finishes challenge  fun for October.

Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do.  It comes from not finishing what they’ve started. ~ David Allen

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful houses--and lovely quilting--a finish sure feels great!! hugs, Julierose

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  2. Congratulations on the finish! That has to feel really good. :- )

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  3. Great quote for this post! Congrats on the finish..... Alas..... My goal is still at the same point as the beginning of the month. Maybe October will see if get finished.

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  4. you quilt is so very pretty...love how you decided to quilt it, too.

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  5. I love that you made this quilt with all green fabrics! Green is so under-appreciated and looks great in your quilt!

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  6. Your house quilt is stunning - congratulations on your accomplishment :)

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  7. oh it is just lovely! Congratulations on your finish :)

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  8. oh it is just lovely! Congratulations on your finish :)

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  9. What a wonderful finish - congratulations! I agree wholeheartedly that ALYoF is a great incentive to get those older projects finished!

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