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Friday, September 25, 2015

Petunias - a Finish !!!


Petunias
72 x 90


From an Anna Maria Horner pattern called Spinning Stars.
I renamed it Petunias because the shape and some of the colors (pink and yellow) reminded me of Petunias I have on my deck. 


Most of the fabrics are left over from a Pickle Dish Wedding Quilt I made for my granddaughter's hope chest. 


Blocks are 18 inches. 


It is all hand quilted in pink thread.  In the wedges I alternated lines out and lines across.  Oh, it gives such a lovely texture (along with a callous on the middle finger of my left hand). 


In the secondary star pattern I just stitched around each section and in alternate sections stitched around twice. 


It's such a busy quilt I wondered if any of the hand quilting would really show. I'm glad I hand quilted and pleased with the results. 


 This might be a Christmas gift for one of the granddaughters next year.  It's the perfect size for a twin bed. I can't give it this year because I don't have one finished for the other granddaughter.  


I had family in town for a nephew's wedding - some from CA and some from FL and some from several states in between.   I took some time off of work and sat around and hand quilted during the times everyone was here visiting and not playing games. I love to play games almost as much as I love to hand quilt. 

And here's the wild back.  I pieced together two sections of sale fabric matching up the chevrons so it looks like a wide backing. 

This was one of my goals (#2) 
for
Q3 Finish Along with Adrianne of On the Windy Side. 


Today I'm linking up to: 
WIPs Be Gone at A Quilting Reader's Garden
Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts


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29 comments:

  1. RamonaSeptember 25, 2015 at 9:45 AM

    What a fun, fun quilt! I love the fabrics and the design. Thank you for the link!

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  2. Judy@Quilt ParadigmSeptember 25, 2015 at 9:48 AM

    Oh.My.Goodness!! Congratulations on a very beautiful finish!! Your hand stitching looks fabulous! Wow!

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  3. Jane Marie with stashbustersSeptember 25, 2015 at 10:47 AM

    Thanks for sharing this with us.

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  4. Cynthia Brunz DesignsSeptember 25, 2015 at 11:04 AM

    Fabulous finish. I so love the colors in this one!

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  5. audreySeptember 25, 2015 at 12:10 PM

    Really lovely work! The stitching texture is perfect for this bright, happy quilt.:)

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  6. PreetiSeptember 25, 2015 at 12:14 PM

    What a gorgeous quilt and such perfect hand quilting!!

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  7. JulieroseSeptember 25, 2015 at 1:05 PM

    Really gorgeous finish on this one--I love those colors together--just lovely...hugs, Julierose

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  8. gayleSeptember 25, 2015 at 1:16 PM

    I love everything about this quilt!
    (Can I be adopted into your family? Games and quilts - my kind of folk!)

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  9. em's scrapbagSeptember 25, 2015 at 2:37 PM

    Congrats on a wonderful finish. I love how bright and happy it is!

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  10. Zenia ReneSeptember 25, 2015 at 3:02 PM

    I love this saturated creation. This is my type of quilt! And you hand quilted the ENTIRE thing! I totally want to try that someday. Fantastic finish! I'm visiting from Whoop Whoop.

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  11. ThreeundertwoSeptember 25, 2015 at 4:05 PM

    This is such a happy quilt. I am in awe of your hand quilting. Congratulations on a beautiful finish!

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  12. ArianeSeptember 25, 2015 at 4:19 PM

    This is a beautiful quilt! I love it!!!

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  13. BillieBee (billiemick)September 25, 2015 at 4:33 PM

    Fantastic and fun!

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  14. Mystic QuilterSeptember 25, 2015 at 4:53 PM

    A real beauty of a quilt - so bright and cheery.

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2015 at 11:15 PM

    Petunias is the PERFECT name for that quilt!

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  16. stitch quilt knitSeptember 26, 2015 at 1:40 AM

    Beautiful quilt. Sometimes pictures don't do justice. Thanks for including the link for the pattern!

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  17. Sally TrudeSeptember 26, 2015 at 9:14 AM

    Truly fabulous and yes, it really does look like petunias.

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  18. QuilterinMotionSeptember 26, 2015 at 1:57 PM

    What a huge amount of work you did to create this beauty. You should be very proud of the accomplishment. Thank you for the link but I don't think I'll be doing this one right away. I just started a different scrappy quilt.

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  19. JulianneSeptember 26, 2015 at 4:34 PM

    Gorgeous as usual!!

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  20. Carla A Few Of My Favorite ThingsSeptember 26, 2015 at 6:00 PM

    Great name for this one! I love seeing the hand quilted stitches in it!

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  21. CathySeptember 27, 2015 at 12:23 AM

    Lovely quilt, Cathy!!

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  22. KajaSeptember 27, 2015 at 2:21 AM

    Gorgeous!

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  23. EllenSeptember 27, 2015 at 7:27 AM

    The quilt is just gorgeous! You did a great job and I love the hand quilting...a treasure to be sure!!

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  24. sophieSeptember 27, 2015 at 11:14 AM

    Love this so much more than the made-from-a-single-line version shown on the quilt pattern (thanks for the link!)

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  25. Quilter KathySeptember 27, 2015 at 3:48 PM

    Congratulations on this amazing finish! So beautiful!

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  26. Angie in SoCalSeptember 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM

    What a colorful, fun quilt. I love the colors and will have to go back into your post and see that pickle dish quilt. Thanks for linking to WIPs Be Gone.

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  27. Gretchen WylegalaSeptember 30, 2015 at 5:19 AM

    What a happy quilt!

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  28. Adrianne @ On the Windy SideOctober 17, 2015 at 3:40 AM

    Wow - this is so bright and cheerful and stunning!

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  29. DawnOctober 22, 2015 at 5:39 PM

    I recently made this pattern using paper piecing of smaller spiderwebs. I love the scrappy look! I'm always looking for a way to use up my scraps. Cute quilt!!

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