Friday, April 16, 2010

Sew N' Tell - The Peacock Quilt, Finally!

The other day Lorelei sent me pictures of the quilt she has been working on while she is deployed. Seeing all the work she has done on her beautiful quilt did a great job of lighting a spark under my bottom and getting me to bind the quilt I have been waiting to bind for about a month. (Progress on this quilt can be seen here and here.) I typically dread binding because my bindings always look...well... absolutely awful. I once asked my fellow Sew N Tellers what advice they had for binding, I went over those and found this awesome tutorial. I mean awesome.

I once got lazy and sewed both side of the binding and I have been kicking myself ever since then. It took a while, but it was worth it to hand sew the binding for this one; I did it while watching LOST, because I don't understand what's going on in the show anymore anyways. The first picture was taken outside on the clothesline, but it was so windy the quilt blew off and onto the ground! Charlie held up the quilt for the second picture, but I had to wait for him to get home from work so it was a little darker and the colors look less vibrant, but you get the idea. (I remember someone on the sew n tell a few weeks ago was taking photos of their quilt and it almost blew into a pool! eek).

This might be my favorite part of the whole quilt.
It always feels so good to get a quilt finished!

Check out the other finishes today



Happy Friday!
Lauren

16 comments:

  1. this is gorgeous. you did an amazing job....

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  2. oh my - that's gorgeous!!! i really like the back (is that crazy?). great job, congrats for finishing!

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  3. That is one gorgeous quilt! I love the colors and the fabric you used.

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  4. I love it, beautiful job. I actually enjoy hand sewing the binding... call me crazy :)

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  5. How sweet! There is just something about that color blue with pinks and yellows that I just love. Great finish!

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  6. That is beautiful! I love the colors!

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  7. I so glad you finished this. It looks wonderful!! That back is great too! Ok, off to finish one of mine...


    I've watched LOST all the way through and I have a bad feeling that Abrams will leave us hanging anyway.

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  8. Great job Lauren! I love that Heather Bailey tutorial too and I've learned a LOT from it! Hooray for a quilty Friday finish!

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  9. I LOVE scrappy quilts and yours is beautiful! Great job! So glad you found a binding method that works for you. I, too, attach the binding on the back by hand. It takes time, but the look is definitely worth it.

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  10. I love scrappy quilts. Yours turned out great!

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  11. Love those colors and all those HSTs!! Great job!!

    Blessings,
    KT

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  12. Is that a grey background? It is fantastic. It makes the color triangles pop.

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  13. Your quilt is just beautiful!

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  14. Congratulations on the finish! I love your quilt, the colors are fabulous. I love watching LOST while doing handwork myself, lost the thread, and am starting over at season1 on DVD :)

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  15. You did a beautiful job, Lauren! Isn't it amazing what a difference it makes once you get over that "how to bind" problem? You'll be whipping up quilts like crazy from now on. lol Way to go, girl!

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  16. Lauren, this is amazing! You did a great job. Love your label. Thanks for sharing!

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