The Album quilt top is finished, and I'm so happy with it.
It looks just like the picture of the antique quilt, and I can't quite believe I did it. I was so unsure about all the set-in seams, and whether I could make the blocks measure the exact size that they needed to be.
I'm so thrilled with these blocks, they are just spot-on; I normally make patterns where I can fudge the less than perfect blocks, and I never worry too much about cut-off points and such. This quilt really made me lift my game, and that's a good thing every now and then.
The first lot of blocks weren't correct, so I worked on getting the right seam allowance, which made things better. I discovered that I needed to use an
Omnigrid ruler to cut the strips, it was the most accurate of all the different brands I own. I find it requires more attention when I'm cutting, because of all the markings, but once I was used to it I seldom made a mistake. And the perfect blocks were worth the effort.
And they had to be perfect with this setting; they had to be the right measurements, and they had to have the right angles, or they wouldn't fit with the set-in squares. I unpicked a lot of seams to make this as good as it could be, so this is going down as one of my favourite quilt tops. I want to quilt it with lots of feathers and make it really special. Wonder when I'll find time for that?
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It's a great quilt! I love how you wrote that this one made you 'lift your game and that's a good thing'. Once in awhile I find myself in the same position, having to make sure I do a better job with my sewing. Most of the time I don't mind the less precise piecing, but it's good to be able to when I want to!!
Simply wonderful quilt! Thanks for sharing.
Those are absolutely beautiful! Making me feel slightly guilty about my first attempt which has lain abandoned upstairs for about three years! Should have started with something less ambitious than a kingsized one perhaps?
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