All of the apple cores have been pieced together by hand. I made my quilt a bit larger than Fiona's using 99 apple cores in 11 rows of 9. It finishes up approx 56.5" x 66.5" which is big enough as a topper for a double bed with no overhang and starting just below the pillows. For me it's big enough to wrap up well in on the sofa because the nights have been freezing here this week!
I know this quilt would have been a nice one to hand quilt with cotton perle but honestly, I just don't have the time at the moment and really, really not wanting to carry this over into 2015, I decided I would just get on with quilting it in some echoing lines about 0.5" from the seams.
I did take my time over the biased binding to keep the lovely shape of the apple cores (mostly) in tact. This was my first effort with bias binding a quilt and making my own bias binding. Let's just say it worked better than I expected but I'm not in a big hurry to be "bendy binding" again. There wasn't really anything wrong with the process, though perhaps I have just been a little impatient due to lack of time and it did take longer trying to ease around those convex and concave curvatures.
Here's a wee picture of the back of the quilt just because I quite like how modern it feels in comparison with the front fabric selections and because I love the quilting lines on it. Reminds me of a loose rope weave effect. This is a fabric I picked up in Ikea a couple of years ago and never had the opportunity to use until now.
Anyhoo, enough to-do, except to declare this as another finish for my Quarter 4 Finish Along Goals. Tickety tick!!
The bendy binding really makes it stand out
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely quilt and that is the size I have been making the most often these days. Large enough to use on the bed with other covers and small enough to use on the sofa. I love the look of the curved edge but I am not sure I would be patient enough to do it well.
ReplyDeleteIt looks fab, and I'm super impressed with the bendy binding!
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning. I love EPP but still struggle with curves. Congrats on your binding too. x
ReplyDeleteOh this is so pretty! Loving all those curves! jxo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful finish! I have some apple core papers destined for a cushion. I won't have to do the bendy binding thankfully!
ReplyDeletelove your apple core quilt lots of hard work gone into paper piecing those cores and very impressed with the binding beautifyully done
ReplyDeleteI love the bendy binding definitely worth the time and effort. The backing fabric complements the front beautifully too.
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