I am officially finished with the Sergeant Pepper Christmas quilt! I sped through the binding – and yes, I did sew it by hand like I should have. I had thought I would do a binding like what I used for the 1″ strips between triangles but it didn’t go well with the fabric on the back.
I ended up using the same fabric as the back and it turned out okay. I skipped the little red binder clips. Is it just me, or do those things seem not very useful? I don’t have a big problem holding the binding in place with my hands as I’m moving along.
I have 3 quilts that if I can, I’d like to finish in time for Christmas. 2 of them are the same pattern and really easy – charm squares and 2″ sashing. Barring any big emergencies I could knock each of those out in a week.
The third one though, this one is going to take a while. I had seen this pattern on the cover of Fons & Porter’s magazine a couple of months ago and it really caught my eye. I thought initially that it matched what my niece wanted, based on what her mom was thinking. Turns out this was nothing at all like what she meant – haha!
I had already bought the fabric and so I thought I’d give it a go. It’s paper pieced but they’re nice big 12″ blocks – yay!The blue and purple are so close together in color – the purple is really purplish blue – that it loses the effect. I am debating if maybe I should replace the lighter green for something lighter to get more contrast there as well. They each need less than 2 yards each so it’s not a huge expenditure if I trade them out now when I’ve only finished one block. And I can always use the fabric I already bought with the machine quilting blocks so no loss there.
This one might end up as a pillow or a mini quilt.
This is Lovely x
Thank you!
I wouldn’t change the block colors either. Beautiful Christmas quilt!
Thank you so much!
Oh that last block is perfect!!! I wouldn’t change out a thing!! Nice size blocks for pp, too!!! Christmas done in August……..just wrong!!!!!! sigh………
Haha! I think next year I’m gonna make a Christmas quilt in January!
That would definitely “drive me up the wall”!!!! Seriously though, I really wish I could think a bit ahead on such projects….I used to, more when I was working (and thought I didn’t have the time to procrastinate!!!!! Ha!).
Oh no – now I’m thinking maybe I should never retire!
I actually really like all the colours in that last block
Thanks! I actually like it too, but my niece said she likes “purple purple” so I switched it since it’s for her.
You are so productive! The finished quilt looks great and I really like paper pieced block just as it is–the colors give a look of transparency, sort of.
Thanks! I did end up changing 2 fabrics out because of the recipient’s favorite colors.
Christmas quilt done in August?!? Are you sure that’s legal? 😉
Probably not! But it’s a big relief to have it done already!