I knew it had been a while since I’d written a blog post, but can’t believe it was May?! While my blogging came to a complete standstill in summer, my quilting has resumed, which means I have quite a few more quilts to show you!
This top was pieced at least a year ago, but since it was one of those that I decided to hand quilt, it took me a long time to finish!
It’s the Norah quilt, which has a basic tutorial at this link. Its a pretty simple quilt, which you could make as big as you wanted! I really enjoyed using a bunch of bright and happy fabrics in this one, and then used a Liberty voile on the back. The black hand quilting gives it a nice edge and keeps it from being too sweet!
Mine ended up being about 48″ square. Kind of an inbetween size, but it was a nice size to hand quilt because it was easy to haul around with me and have sitting on my lap. (Yes, I baste these quilts the same as one I would machine piece and then just hand quilt with out a hoop. You just have to be careful that you don’t pull your stitching to tight as it could tend to pucker up too much if you do.) I love hand quilting this way because it’s so easy!)
Glad to see you're back! Some great fabric in there – especially the paper hats and the telephone ones. Looking forward to seeing the others.
Gorgeous as usual.My fav size quilt to make too.:-)
It's beautiful! I love the finish hand quilting gives – visually and texturally.
I am always checking your blog hehe
I am happy to see this sweet finish, Jolene. I have never hand quilted.
You are so inspiring
I hope you have a happy Christmas and all of the very best in the new Year!!
So lovely to hear from you again. Love your version of “Norah” and looking forward to seeing what else you’ve been creating.
Pretty quilt with a lovely backing. Congrats on a fabulous (but not too sweet) finish!!
Love the fabrics you used, especially the one with the mice! So cute. I too like to hand quilt without a hoop, I just can't seem to get the hang of using a hoop. Jan in MA
Such a fun looking quilt with happy colors that are so interesting to look at.
Hubby really likes this one too.
Great looking quilt – love the 'warm v cool' fabric placements
Beautiful! What is the fabric in the third photo, the cute mice on the green background?
Looking through your blog, Amazing!!