Monday, January 6, 2014

Common Ground

One last look backwards before starting to create for the new year...

The last piece that I finished in 2013 was this wall hanging.  I'm very proud of this piece.  It was an interesting challenge to construct a quilt from a non-quilter's pattern and very meaningful to be able to make this for my niece.  In addition, it is the first piece that I managed to make mostly from my stash!

Common Ground
24 x 24"
Machine pieced, Hand quilted.


I may have attached the sleeve in a hotel room the evening before we flew out of town.  Excellent conditions to work on my first sleeve in at least eight years.  When I had to un-stitch part to fix it, that small little hotel room was not a very nice place to be.  I think my husband may be a saint.



















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6 comments:

  1. What a fabulous design! Your niece must be thrilled. The quilting really makes this piece extra special and those clouds are a nice touch. Great job, Rachel!

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  2. How unique - love the rotated block layout ... and have to agree with Lorna - lovely quilting :)

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  3. I love quilts that don't have an up or down! Great pattern.

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  4. I love your fabric choices! Are they batiks by chance? I am looking for more modern ways to use batiks and this looks like a good idea.

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  5. Cool. I have never seen attaching the sleeve this way. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. That is a very cool pattern! It took me a minute to see the trees because I was seeing mountains in the purples. :-) I tend to put sleeves on almost all of my quilts as I'm doing the binding though I have often been asked by clients to attach a sleeve like this when the binding has already been put on. Usually on older quilts that they want to display instead of use. You did a great job with this - Well done!

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