I made a Bulls Eye quilt using mostly Civil War fabrics as an exchange with a quilt bee that I belonged to a few years ago. It isn't my favorite quilt but it was a fun experience in the process of leaving unfinished edges on a quilt. The idea was to take a square and sew 3 different sized circles onto it leaving raw edges. Then cut the block into 4 squares and sew 4 different ones back together. We weren't supposed to worry about matching anything....which I found very difficult to do at first. However, the more blocks I put together, the easier it became to not worry about how they matched colorwise or seamwise. I continued a few half circles onto the border just for fun.
The idea is that as it is washed and dryed the edges will fray. However, this quilt hangs on a banister so doesn't get used much so the edges haven't frayed significantly yet. We had an elderly gentleman (80+ years) stay with us a few weeks ago. He is a machine quilter in St. George, Utah. He pointed out to me that I "forgot" to finish the edges.....and....did I really "like" that look? It was quite funny.
holy cow....if you are 60+ and have been quilting for 30 years I just realized you started when you are about 30....just a spring chicken then. wow....i never knew! funny what we get reading the same paragraph 15 million times.
ReplyDeletelove you....all those 30+ (+more) years.
That is a very unique quilt! Sometimes it's fun to make an un-conventional quilt...
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I was laughing whan I read your post. A friend of mine took a class with a similar technique. When she came home, she unstiched the whole thing, and sew it back together with the seams on the "right" side.
ReplyDeleteI have made one quilt with the all the seams on the front, and regret I did not piece the blocks together the usual way.
Your quilt looks beautiful!
The quilt is great, I love the blue border.
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