How do we post pictures now to the BOM

[Pamela N.]

Great job!
The R block looks great, its your creation so anything goes!
Barb

[Charae H.]

Your "R" block is great, Sharon and your quilt is beautiful!

[Deborah W.]

Your quilt is beautiful Sharon.

[Deborah W.]

Sharon your quilt is beautiful! Love your Rose of Sharon.. perfect for you.
I changed a few of my blocks as well and that required rearranging. UGH. I could never be a pattern maker. I'm behind you, still working on stitching appliques down on borders.

[Barb A.]

I'm finished WOO-HOO!! I posted pictures to the BOM area but I am still somewhat confused with the new site about where we are supposed to be posting things. So how about here too?

I included the lower-case letters in the quilting for the blue borders; that was really fun. I used Superior Fantastico variegated thread for circles and spirals in border and sashing. The blocks use Superior Mono-poly; the border stippling uses a matching Isacord; the applique and top-stitching of applique use the Superior Magnifico thread kit.

This was my first attempt with quilt-as-you-go, and it definitely involved a learning curve for me. QAYG uses more backing fabric, it seems, because I had to cut it bigger for each block so that I had something to hold onto when quilting. So then I didn't have quite enough backing for underneath the polka-dot borders; my solution was to use the polka-dot fabric on the back as well, but that meant 2-inch wide, instead of 3-inch wide. I elected to QAYG the blue borders as well, and that led to problems with the seams and the applique work. I should have limited QAYG to the blocks and then attached the borders all the way out to the edge - the backing and batting would then have been added, and I would have done all that quilting but at least it would have been borders only. It's okay and I still love it, though.

And my husband loves it, too - has already napped, all wrapped up in it. Makes me feel so good.







Now I can move onto Lynette's quilt with a (mostly) clear conscience!


Barb in Alabama

[Nancy R.]

Nice job! It looks great!!

[wendy w.]

Wow Barb that's lovely. Thank you for posting the close ups.

[Rita C.]

Terrific Barb, well done. And great that your work is appreciated by your DH. :cheer:

[Janet K.]

Happy dance for you Barb! Thanks for the tips, I plan to quilt mine in sections. Still doing appliqué on the borders. Janet

[Renata L.]

That's fantastic--thanks for the pictures with close-ups of your quilting. Love how you tackled it and appreciate your sharing what you learned along the way.

[Beverly C.]

Thanks for the close ups Barb! What an accomplishment doing QAYG. This will always be one of my favorite patterns - such a happy quilt!

[Beverly C.]

Barb -
Wow that looks great!!!
;-)

[Andree B.]

Barb, that's beautiful!

Andrée

[Barb A.]

Wasn't this quilt fun? I loved every bit of it!

Thank you, Janet Stone, for a great quilting experience!


Barb in Alabama

[Charae H.]

Terrific job, Barb! You have inspired me to get back to my AtoZ