Red Pepper Quilts: A Giant Granny Square Quilt

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

A Giant Granny Square Quilt - The Finished Quilt

A Giant Granny Square Quilt | Trip Around the World Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2016

A Giant Granny Square Quilt
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I have finished my Giant Granny Square Quilt! It's not every day that a quilt photographs effortlessly so please bear with me as I have lots of photos to share with you today.

I am so happy with how the quilt turned out. The quilt basted and quilted so beautifully that the photos of the finished quilt don't look all that different to the photos of the quilt top. I have quilted the quilt by ditch stitching all the seam lines, creating a cross-hatch / grid of lines 2 inches apart which gives the quilt texture without further adding detail to the design. It is functional quilting rather than decorative.

For the back of the quilt I have used my favorite backing fabric (Newspaper from the Story Collection by Carrie Bloomston) which I thought was a perfect accompaniment to this otherwise colorful quilt.

A Giant Granny Square Quilt - backing fabric | Trip Around the World Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2016

Of course this also means that I have finished the quilt with my signature black and white stripe binding.

A Giant Granny Square Quilt - binding | Trip Around the World Quilt | Red Pepper Quilts 2016

QUILT STATS:

925 squares each measuring 2" x 2" (finished)

1 center square plus 22 of rounds of squares, plus setting triangles.

The finished quilt measures 63 inches x 63 inches.

All cotton fabrics.

Low loft cotton Warm and Natural batting by The Warm Company.

For details of specific fabrics used please see the Work in Progress blog post.

A Giant Granny Square Quilt / Trip Around the World Quilt
63 inches x 63 inches

This quilt is for sale and is listed in my ETSY STORE.

See the listing details here:
Giant Granny Square Quilt - Etsy

I have loved making this quilt and I have no doubt that I will make another! I pieced my quilt by cutting and laying out individual squares then sewing rows together. Since my work in progress blog post of this quilt two readers have contacted me to direct me to strip-piecing techniques for this quilt. How wonderful is that?! The first is a free download by RJR Fabrics with instructions by Mary Worrall and the second is a book: Trip Around the World Quilts: A New Approach by Blanche Young and Helen Young published in 1980. I have ordered a copy of the book and am eagerly awaiting it's arrival.