Thursday, August 8, 2013

bloom. boom. bordered. bound.


Have you heard of freshly pieced's Bloom Bloom Pow QA?  It was such a joy to make.  I sped through the bleaching (optional) + piecing back in May, then came to a pretty serious halt until a few weeks (months?) back.


What can I say?  The moment Lee mentioned incorporating those lovely zigzag scraps into the finished quilt, I thought to myself:  "Challenge accepted."  ...And then realized it really was a bit of a challenge!  I ended up adding three skinny borders to the top.  (The scrappy binding makes for a fourth.)


Just browsing through these shots makes me happy.  Okay, so maybe the location has something to do with it ;)  Either way, these warm and sunny colors are a welcome change from my cool color crutch.


I followed Lee's lead on the quilting, using the seams as a guide for straight lines (how predictable am I?) in Aurifil 2000.  I thought about something a little more dense (à la Lady Harvatine's Log Pyramid quilt) but I'm liking the more loosely quilted style.  It has a certain softness to it, don't you think?


Speaking of soft, I used an off-white, twin-sized linen sheet from Williams Sonoma outlet for the backing (thank you Tanger for amazing deals, all the time).  I think I paid $10 for it last summer.


It is delightfully silky, and (added bonus!) a perfect match to Aurifil 2021.  {Then again, what isn't? ;)}


...Now if you'll excuse me, that chair has my name on it!

finish it up friday {hallelujah!)

Edited to add:  You can check out other quilty friends' takes on Lee's design here!

18 comments:

  1. Great quilt deserves great pics! Well done! I'm drooling over :-)

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  2. Wonderful finish, Sarah! Perfect quilt for the beach. Love those warm colours! Your borders are sweet.

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  3. Positively gorgeous! I love your take on the color layout!!

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  4. Oh, that turned out so great!! The background against those warm shades... Beautiful work.

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  5. I just love this! I see you were the first one featured on Lee's blog, and for good reason. Great location, too! I'm not sure I would have been brave enough to hang a quilt on the life guard chair, but it makes for a great display! :)

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  6. It turned out beautifully! Well done on a big finish - and gorgeous pics!

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  7. Beautiful! I think you picked the perfect location for photographs too - the sea provides lovely contrast to all the warm tones in the quilt. I really wanted to do this QAL but I didn't have time - now I am seeing all these finished quilts I am very tempted to go back and work through the instructions.

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  8. It looks beautiful Sarah! And what a great location for photos!
    All the skinny borders are my fave! And the binding! And the colour palette! And the background fabric... um, basically everything!

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  9. So charming. So pretty. I love the colours of this quilt and love to double border.

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  10. Beachy! The colors are sherbert-y, almost. You and quilts at the beach! You've about convinced me to deal with the hassle of kid and beach and quilt, these photos are amazing. Good finish. This looks like such a tricky quilt, so congratulations.

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  11. Love it! I want it... if it comes with the beach!!! :-)

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  12. Beautiful! Love the pictures On the beach! Congrats!

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  13. Nice, bright and vibrant! I agree with you - the setting is perfect and I hear that chair calling my name too!

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  14. I'm drooling! I want this so badly. It's gorgeous, and looks great at the beach. But I'd venture to say it'd look great anywhere.

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  15. Beautiful, great color choices. Love the beach pictures, I seriously miss the beach:(

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  16. You finished it - yay! It looks even more fantastic now that's it's quilted and found. Great finish!

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  17. Very pretty! With the great pics, it looks like a bunch of really colorful star fish :) Love your take on Bloom Bloom Pow!

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  18. Wow!! Gorgeous!! So worth the wait! And those are absolutely amazing shots of it too. Great job, one of my favorite BBPs! : )

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