This is my last quilt to post for the year. It's also one of my favorites for the year (I have lots of favorites). I made this as a Christmas present for my older sister. The design is inspired by a mug I saw somewhere a long time ago. It took me a while to figure out the best way to piece the strips, but I'm very pleased with how it came out. Creating this quilt ended up being more time consuming than I planned and actually took me two months to finish. I had to take a few breaks from it because the piecing drove me a bit crazy at times.
The final size is about 58" x 75". The chevron rows vary in width from about 6" finished to 12" finished. The skinny sashing between each row varies from 1/2" to 1 1/4". It's bound with a simple navy chevron print. The backing is gray chevron minky (I also used a layer of cotton batting). My sister selected the colors which I've fallen in love with. I'm considering switching up the colors in my bedroom to use the navy and coral together.
All pictures below were taken my my sister after she received the quilt last week.
Love how this turned out!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, what a nice gift for your sister!
ReplyDeleteLooks so great! Your planning and time definitely paid off!!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Your sister is so lucky. I've been wanting to make a chevron quilt for a while now, but I like the wonky look of yours. Do you think you'll be posting a quick tute on how you pieced the blocks? pretty please??? ;)
ReplyDeleteYour sister is so lucky, this is a wonderful quilt.
ReplyDeleteReally pretty! It's a labor of love, and a quilt you can be very proud of. Excellent work!
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha ha! I love that your sister has done a "blue chair" photo even though she doesn't have the blue chair.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous. I'm not a huge navy fan, but it works so well with the coral. And honestly, how did you piece that??? It's amazing.
Congrats, and welcome to 2014!
E xx
Love it! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteLove this. I'm inspired by objects all the time!
ReplyDeleteWow, you amaze me! Good work!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is gorgeous!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's fabulous, well worth all the effort :o)
ReplyDeleteHappy new year!
Beautiful quilt. Lucky sister!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year.
Lovely quilt! Any thoughts on sharing the technique used to create the chevrons?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Please share the pattern or tutorial!
ReplyDeleteWow this quilt turned out just perfectly! I love how the pattern is so unique.
ReplyDeleteI love that quilt - what a fantastic finish!! It is great to see new ideas :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I love the design and the colors are great :)
ReplyDeleteI love it!
ReplyDeleteAlso interested in your piecing technique!
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