Wanta Fanta

A quilt made with the help of my friends!


 It took 2 bees to gather almost enough blocks for this lovely pink quilt for my youngest daughter. I received the blocks in 2015 from my Bee mates but decided I needed a few more and of course... it has taken a long time to make the remaining blocks.

 I finally finished the top earlier this year and let my daughter shop my stash for the border fabric. She went for 2 pale pink fabric to frame it.
 And earlier in March, the quilt finally made it to the frame. I tried something new there by quilting with a ruler. Now I don't have a special ruler or a special foot and I was told after I posted my picture on IG that it was a bad idea to quilt with ruler with a regular quilting foot as I could have damaged my machine badly. I am glad it all went well to be honest. And I really like the effect on the borders.

 I drew some massive flowers in the middle of the white "squares"


 and this is the final quilt off the frame, ready for binding.
and done!

Quiling stats:
Fabric from my stash and my friends' stash!
Pieced from 2015 to 2017
Quilted in March 2017 with Superior Threads King Tut
Finished March 2017


One more OPAM for March, it has been a good month! and also one off my Q1 Finish Along list
Linking to  One Monthly Goal, Sew Cute Tuesday, Let's Bee Social, Needle and Thread Thursday, Whoop Whoop Friday.
Celine

Comments

  1. BillieBee (billiemick)25 March 2017 at 22:47

    Really cute quilt!

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  2. Patty 26 March 2017 at 16:07

    Very nice! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish!

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  3. Laura26 March 2017 at 21:31

    Lucky daughter! Terrific job!

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  4. Shauna26 March 2017 at 22:00

    so very pretty, your daughter is going to treasure it for years.

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  5. Frieda27 March 2017 at 00:46

    Very pretty! What a great finish. Your daughter should cherish for years.

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  6. helenjean@midgetgemquilts27 March 2017 at 20:27

    I made a version of this block in a bee last year, and I must admit I hated making it. I like ordinary piecing, I like paper piecing but I hated the combination. The end resulting quilt looks great though.

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  7. Sharon - IN30 March 2017 at 01:40

    The quilting works so great with your quilt design. What a nice friendship quilt.

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  8. KaHolly30 March 2017 at 04:21

    I really like the pattern! Congrats on finishing it!

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  9. QuiltMusings30 March 2017 at 12:27

    I love that! It looks so much more difficult than the blocks actually are (once I saw the close up and could see how it was put together. I think I may need to make one of those in the future.

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  10. felicity30 March 2017 at 21:38

    Great quilting - glad it all worked out. This is a beautiful finish! Well done!

    Thank you for participating in the FAL, on behalf of the 2017 global FAL hosts.

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