Friday, January 01, 2010

Cheater

Happy New Year!

This is a cheater quilt of sorts I made for my sister Leigh for Christmas. Now, I've been burned in the past, making quilts for sisters (ahem) that aren't very well received. So my plan was to make something that wasn't terribly labor intensive in case the quilt ended up cast aside. A solid top quilt fit the bill.

Leigh loves vintage clothing and I was originally going to use a vintage floral bed sheet for the quilt top but it just didn't seem like her style. I recently bought this orange hexagon fabric at a thrift store in Portland. I almost left it there. It was a neat old print but I couldn't really see myself using it. But...it was cheap and unique and I bought it anyway. Well when it came time to make Leigh's quilt I couldn't imagine fabric better suited to her than this. It was meant to be.

The back is pieced from two non-vintage fabrics I had. If I were to do this again I would attempt bleaching the backing and binding fabrics to give them an aged, vintage look to match the top.

To add some interest to the solid top (and because I made bias binding so I figured why not) I rounded out the corners. I love this! I think it's a perfect look for a solid top quilt. It's so simple to do and hey, no corners to bind!

Just use some big circular object to trace a curve on the corners of your finished, un-bound quilt. I just used something I had lying around.

Cut off the corners and bind away! Just remember that you must must must use bias binding tape to bind curves.

9 comments:

  1. Just something you had lying around - ha!! I love this - it's a perfect use of that print. I hope your sister loves it like it should be loved. :-)

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  2. I love that you used your Emmy!!! Happy New Year!

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  3. loveity LOVE the way this quilt turned out! the rounded corners are genius and I also really like your quilting design (will you add it to the flickr group "modern quilting stitches: life beyond stippling"? It's great inspiration!).

    so... what did your sister think? because if she doesn't want it, I"ll take it! :)

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  4. that cheater cloth is fabulous! Love how you did the quilting and the rounded corners!

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  5. great cheater quilt...hope your sister liked it...can i ask how you made your label on the back?

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  6. It's a Grandmother's Flower Garden cheater!

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  7. Dang that's cool. If that's a cheater then count me in.

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  8. That fabric is fantastic! The rounded corners are a very nice touch.

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  9. This quilt is beautiful Liz! It's too much that you use your emmy to round the corners. Hilarious! Don't let it be a dust catcher, put it to work.

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