I love great picture frame arrangements for a large wall space such as these. As I was glancing through framing ideas one day I realized these would make a fabulous quilt with large scale prints. Within a day the sketch for this quilt was born.
I love these prints from the Heirloom line by Joel Dewberry. The problem was I had a hard time deciding what to do with them because you lose so much by cutting them up. This quilt preserves the prints. I added the borders to frame the arrangement. The sashing is Kona bone which has become a new favorite. The final quilt size is 80"x80". The blocks are all standard photo print/frame sizes-- 5"x7", 8" x 10", 12" x12" and 11" x 14".
After designing the quilt in Photoshop, I started cutting. It wasn't until I was actually laying the quilt out on my design wall, that I realized this wasn't going to be super easy to piece together. I started to get worried. I had to piece this in large sections and then sew about six 90-degree corners (which, by the way, are easier than piecing 60-degree angles with hexagons) to piece everything together. Sometimes I just jump full-on into a project without actually thinking of how it would all come together. Luckily, it worked out just fine.
The back is super simple. I used several colors from the Art Gallery Pure Elements line.
I used grey thread and quilted it on my machine--start to finish-- at our November sewing Saturday. I also spray basted this guy, which is my new favorite as well.
This was a Christmas gift for my sister and her hubs.
While she was opening the quilt, her hubs was showing Little Dude the wonders of cell phones.
I think he wants one of his own.
Awesome idea for a quilt, Kati! It is beautiful and I love your quilting. Looks like your sister loved it, too!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, Kati! It's a great way to showcase those large-scale prints.
ReplyDeleteI love how big it is - such a great way to show off large prints. What a wonderful gift!
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT! THIS is gorgeous!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea - and it turned out great! I really like it!
ReplyDeleteLove that quilt, Kati! I just got some Echo that this might be perfect for.....
ReplyDeleteHi! That is really beautiful quilt and your idea just fantastic! When I had a chance to get some of those lovely fabrics (unfortunately many of them were finishes, but I'm happy with my oranges), I was thinking the same that it's a shame to cut them very small. I made a quilt with big hexagons. Thank you for inspiration and Happy New Year! x Teje
ReplyDeleteLove the photo wall layout concept and your choice of fabrics front and back. Nice gift!
ReplyDeleteSUCH a beautiful quilt and so sweet pictures!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt. Great idea.
ReplyDeleteOh that came out absolutely fab, no wonder she loved it!
ReplyDeleteThat is a gorgeous quilt! thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletevery pretty, love it!
ReplyDeletesuch a great quilt! I love this idea for making use of larger scale prints. Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWonderful design!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I really love seeing quilts that showcase fabric in larger blocks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration...here is my version. http://kissedquilts.blogspot.com/2013/10/photo-gallery-throw.html
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