My sampler top is finished !!!Thank you for thinking with me.
And thanks to some of you whose mailboxes I bombarded with my doubts and accompanying pictures. I grabbed every change to vent about this quilt.
That I am having a nasty cold isn't good for my mood. At one point when I couldn't find a handkerchief I even wanted to blow my nose in this quilt.
These blocks have been waiting in my closet for almost a year. I was at the point that it had to move to my pile with tops ! What is in my mind is not in my ....
I really played with Tonya's suggestion to make a border with her letters, but in this phase it takes me too much time. (tho I have an idea for the backing ;-)
Well, Taa daahh here it is. Look and see !
Lucy
47 comments:
Hooray for you! Sent it to the orphan train site. =)
I love your quilt! Just gorgeous! the colors are so pretty! what a wonderful job!
Erin in NH, USA
Oh Lucy! I love that quilt! I want to make a sampler quilt, but where on earth do you get your ideas for all the different blocks? Do you have a book of them?
Beth
http://bethknits.blogspot.com/
I like it! I especially like all of the different fabrics in it.
It looks quite wonderful to me, can't imagine why you were unhappy with it.
What a beautiful quilt! You've done a lovely job! Thanks for sharing!
This is a wonderful quilt! Don't you just love it?!?!
The right border definitely pulls the blocks together, doesn't it? I'm impressed with how it looks, almost as if you'd planned it all along. Well done. And I'm glad you didn't use it for a hanky, it doesn't deserve that, surely?!
Lucy, your quilt is absolutely beautiful! I love the colors and the border --- you did great, girl!
:) LaTeaDah
It turned out wonderful! I knew you would come up with just the right ideas *s*
What a super energetic feeling quilt! You go girl. I love reading your blog and seeing the great things you make.
You made so many good choices with this quilt--the smooshing together without sashing, the multi-colored setting triangles, the movement in the borders with spliced angles--all make this quilt wonderful!
Lucy, that is the best sampler quilt! I love the border and setting triangles being of different fabrics.
Great finish. Congrats.
It's simply lovely! Marvelous border.
A marvelous solution. You did it :)
What a beautiful quilt! I love the way you used so many colors in the border - almost makes me want to give borders another chance...
I'm glad you kept all the different fabrics for the triangles along the sides. Those borders are fantastic and do a marvelous job of zinging the color around the quilt. The blues are especially nice.
Hi Lucy, nice to meet you and your wonderful quilts. Wonderful quilttop you made! Nadine told me about your blog/ The funny thing is we met actually last Saturday in the LQS in Haarlem! I hope to meet you again!
Whoa! You did a great job! I think you like it now :)
Hoi Lucy, your quilt looks fabulous! So colourful, and I like how you did the border!
Lucy it is just wonderful...the border could not be more perfect!
What a great border! I think it's a beautiful quilt.
You rascal you! Yesterday I commented about the unfinished top, and you sounded so unsure of the outcome -- the uncertaintly came across all the miles, and today!! voila! uncertain no longer - just pride is this marvelous project! What a beauty it has turned into. The diagonal pieces in the bordr were a stroke of genius, the the lovely country colors are so very inviting. Congratulations on this fine finish.
Just goes to show -- attitude is EVERYTHING!
... and the artful, peaceful setting for your photography adds even more to the end project! either!
Of course! The quilt is great! You do wonderful work and the variety is what makes it work. AND your garden is so tidy - wish I could say the same thing.
Best - Marne
Lucy - those borders really look great with it! I think you have made it come alive. Even if you don't love it still, I like it a whole lot better now with the setting triangles and borders! In fact I really like it now!
Your turn for my "catch up read". I can hardly wait to see what you've been up to - I always adore everything you do! I know you correspond with Kathie as often as I do, and she's kept me up to date a litle bit on what you are doing by forwarding me a picture now and then. I'm starting at this post and reading backwards, so that will be a bit odd. It's the best way, I think, to make sure I don't miss anything.
So I'm seeing this finished top before I know its story. It is a marvelous compilation of various blocks - an orphan quilt maybe like those Finn is collecting? It speaks of fun and play and design abandon - it just sits there in your back yard singing to me at the top of it's voice. Absolutely wonderful music! I can hardly wait to read its history.
Wow, Lucy!!! As usual, it's absolutely brilliant. The colors in the borders really pull out the colors in the sampler blocks. It's eye candy. I love it. Do you like it again now that the top is finished? Sometimes when things are finished we end up liking them all over again.
just simply beautiful!
I love the comment about blowing your nose in the quilt!!! hahahahahahaha!!! It is beautiful, I knew it would be....it's perfect!
I hope you are feeling better today!
Bonnie
Lucy it is beautiful! I love how colorful it is and the borders are perfect! I have had that cold bug also. I hope you get to feeling better soon!
I love the borders -- scrappy, yet disciplined. It's really terrific!
~Jody
You had a good idea for the borders, I love ths sampler very scrappy ! Very nice !
Great Quilt! Scrappy and Happy! Love the borders too. Thanks for visiting my blog too.
I love the hodgepodge, scrappy look! This is especially nice set on-point, too.
If you need handkerchiefs, let us know. I don't want to see this one used as a nose-rag! It's much too lovely! lol
Wow Lucy, it's just wonderful. I love what you've done with the border, it really brings it to life!
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
Lucy, I love your sampler quilt! I can't believe you have fallen out of love with it! I'm glad you decided not to blow your nose on the quilt! LOL!
This is the most amazing quilt in all my years! Dear Lady well done. Absolutely fabulous!
Oh! this is sooo beautiful! You have a strong sense of colours.Great job!
Lucy, you did a wonderful job with this quilt. I just love the border. I hope you didn't give in to your temptation to blow your nose on the quilt. Blasphemy!
Those borders just finish it off a treat!
I have seen quite a number of sampler quilts and by far, your quilt is the best!
Just LOVE IT!!!!! now send it to me so I can machine quilt it for you!!Samplers are one of my favorites. Sometimes you have to put it away for awhile and give it a rest so you can enjoy it from a fresh perspective.Congrats!! It is beautiful!!!!
Votre blog me plait beaucoup ! j'y reviendrai souvent !
your sampler quilt is AMAZING!!!
Absolutely fantastic sampler!! Just wonderful!
What an artist you are. Very beautiful...I hope you enjoy it for many years to come...it is amazing, thanks so much for sharing your talent with us!
Kimmie
mama to 6
one homemade and 5 adopted
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