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Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt
100 Kansas Dugout Blocks.
617 patchwork pieces.
Quilt measures 55 inches x 55 inches.
My Gardenvale Kansas Dugout Quilt is finished and I have lots of photos to share all the details. You may already have noticed that the quilting is not my usual style. I have spent some planned time away from my sewing machine and prepared quilts and blog posts for continued eye candy, however getting ahead of myself with quilt projects and blog posts proved to be a stressful and at times overwhelming task.
I try and follow just a few sewing rules that I have set for myself, and avoiding stressful sewing is one of them. As such the quilting for this quilt was outsourced to a professional long arm quilter - Karen Terrens from Quilts on Bastings - who is not only an award winning quilter but also my sister. I think we make a great team, and you can no doubt guess what we chat about when we get together. Karen has quilted an all over edge to edge design called Bountiful Feathers, which is what I had requested.
I try and follow just a few sewing rules that I have set for myself, and avoiding stressful sewing is one of them. As such the quilting for this quilt was outsourced to a professional long arm quilter - Karen Terrens from Quilts on Bastings - who is not only an award winning quilter but also my sister. I think we make a great team, and you can no doubt guess what we chat about when we get together. Karen has quilted an all over edge to edge design called Bountiful Feathers, which is what I had requested.
For the back of the quilt I have used a single fabric from the Mimosa collection by Another Point of View - Leaves in Yellow to complement the colors of the quilt top. I have finished the quilt with a red/white stripe fabric (by Bonnie & Camille for Moda Fabrics), and really like the look of the trimmed "corners" of the quilt. The binding was attached in the same way as I would do normally with the exception being that there were additional mitered corners to sew.
A happy finish ... I love the colors of this quilt (!) and even though I am not used to not making my quilts myself in their entirety (read: I find the need to control every part of every process), I love how it has turned it, and have thoroughly enjoyed working with Karen to finish this quilt.
This quilt is not for sale.
Thank you for stopping by,
Rita
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