Plain Brown Wrapper
80 x 80
hand quilted with big stitching in various shades of brown perle #8
For my purposes cream also counted as brown.
The center is a 50 inch square that consists of brown postage stamps (1.5 inch squares) and a heart.
Next there is a round of 2.5 inch squares. Then there is a round of dark/light four patches made of 2.5 inch squares. Most of those were from swaps years ago but I didn't have enough of them so I filled in with postage stamps in that round in the center of each side. Then there is another round of 2.5 inch squares.
The next round consists of 3.5 inch squares with 3 inch nine patches from the Parts Department in the corners.
The final round consists of 4.5 inch squares with four patches in the corners and middle of each side.
I used perle #8 in various shades of brown and stitched through the middle of the 1 inch squares in concentric squares. I stitched an eyeballed 1/4 inch from the sides of the other sized squares. The four patches and nine patches and postage stamps in the other borders had an X stitched through them.
The binding was scrappy brown.
And guess what! The backing is brown.
Lots of scraps in this one!
Lots of Slow Sunday (and Monday and Tuesday...) Stitching in this one!
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31 comments:
I honestly love every stitch! Its beautiful, I really love the colors. Brown is my favorite to wear (brunette) and it's so pretty in this creation. You did an amazing job!
this is gorgeous! And i love the stitching on it--lovely work hugs, Julierose
This is outstanding! The variety of sizes and and fabrics is very impressive. It would be fun to study the ages and patterns here! Congratulations
What a wonderful use of scraps! Beautiful quilting on the backing shot. Congrats on the finish. Perfect time to have it to snuggle under this winter.
This is such a fascinating quilt! I enjoyed reading again about how you put it together, and quilted it. A beautiful finish, Cathy!
Wow, wow, wow! Gorgeous fabrics, interesting layout, terrific quilting, and great use of the parts department! Love it! Brown is beautiful.
Cheers,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches
I LOVE this one!!!
I love the scale change of the squares and the offset heart. Stellar! You show us all how to use every little bit to make a beautiful quilt. Congratulations.
This is amazing!
This quilt just screams Fall, in a great way! All those rich, lush colors with bits of sunshine poking through the forest.
What an amazing finish. You are a very patient quilter.
Soothing, chocolate-y goodness in a Plain Brown Wrapper!! The ULTIMATE cozy quilt, to my way of thinking. Regardless of the fact that I don't tend to decorate with brown!!
I like your hand quilting, a beautiful touch.
And the change of scale adds excitement.
Yes, congratulations on your finish
What an impressive quilt. I love your graduation of squares. Congratulations!
Oh these browns are just scrumptious and the quilt is beautiful.
Oh, fabulous! Perfect any time but especially perfect for fall with all the luscious browns. Congratulations on this great finish, Cathy.
What an awesome scrappy finish—love it!
Love it!!
That is a lot of scraps. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
Great job on this quilt - the design, warm chocolatey browns, and the hand quilting too! I love it!
DEE-licious (and I am not a huge fan of brown without lots of green and yellow and cream). So my liking this one is a pretty big deal. WELL DONE!
I think maybe I've told you that brown is not usually one of my favorite colors; maybe I didn't. Anyway, for some reason, this quilt really fascinates me! I love it more each time you show it! You did a great job on a very unique quilt! ---"Love"
Definitely a scrap buster. I'm so impressed with how you are able to hand quilt these huge quilts in such short order.
Pat
My favorite color and I love the size changes too
Is your brown scrap bin empty now!!! Yikes that's a lot of seams to hand quilt over too. Good job:)
Wow, it's amazing what you are able to do with just squares in shades of brown, a color that many people avoid. I love this quilt!
What an amazing quilt!! All those teeny tiny squares in the middle!! I love how the big stitch quilting looks on this.
Yay! What a fabulous quilt! Love all those little tiny pieces, but wowsers! So much work and time!
Great quilt...just screams "snuggle under me!" The quilting suits the quilt.
Congrats on this brown beauty being finished! So much wonderful scrappy goodness, it must have made a least a tiny dent in the scrap bins :)
WOW! Love the heart in there among all the squares. Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish!
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