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Quilt Finish: My Blue Hexies

7/31/2018

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  It's done! The English-paper-pieced (epp) quilt that I started April 28 is done! And in time for my local quilt show. 
For those non-quilters who are reading this post, "EPP" is a hand-piecing technique used to make a quilt top using paper templates. That means that I sewed this entire quilt top by hand.  For that, I'm giving myself a big old self-high-five.
I tried EPP for the  first time at the Sewtopia retreat in Salt Lake City last April. I turned the block from the class project in to the pillow shown here, and then immediately started this quilt.
About a month in to this project, I decided that this was the quilt that I wanted to submit to my local guild's quilt show in August, so I put the pedal to the metal, and honestly I feel like I didn't do anything but sit on the couch and hand-stitch during any free moments that I had in July.
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Since I was trying a new-to-me technique for this quilt, I decided to continue that trend and used wool batting , and cotton lawn for the backing.  I wanted a light-weight, higher loft quilt that had silky soft backing.  Honestly, quilting this quilt was not pleasant. The quilt-top shifted something terrible, and I had to re-baste part way through.  That, my friends, is a soul-crushing thing to have to do. I love how the quilt turned out, and totally will send a quilt to a long-arm quilter to quilt with wool batting; but I myself hope to never quilt a quilt with wool batting again myself.
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Having said that piece about the wool batting, I will say that I am very happy with my decision to quilt the quilt using wavy horizontal lines.  I think that the lines help camouflage some of the wrinkles and puckering that were caused by the quilt sandwich shifting during quilting.
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 Quilt Stats
Finished Size: 65" x 73"
Method: English-paper-piecing using 2 1/2" hexagons. Papers were brought from Paper Pieces.
Batting: Quilter's Dream Wool, twin size. Purchased from the Fatquarter Shop.
Backing: Cotton + Steel Lawn solid in Magenta, also purchased from the Fatquarter Shop.
To see more pictures of this quilt in progress, check out #MyrthsBlueHexies, or see this blog post, or this one.
P.S. - We got a new (old) chair lift chair this week, and the kids and I had fun using it as a quilt photo-shoot prop today.    :)

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10/29/2018 11:37:33 pm

Your dog seems to love your quilt! My dogs love to play with their quilt blankets, too. They are always looking forward to bedtime because they like to snuggle up with their own blankets. In fact, your blue quilt reminds me of the one that my dog, Max, has. I bought it over five years ago at Macy's and ever since then, he refuses to sleep in another blanket. He loves it very much that he basically brings it with him everywhere he goes.

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