October 18, 2012

Vintage Holiday Quilt - DONE!

Vintage-Holiday-on-couch

It's the last day of the Vintage Holiday Quilt-Along and I am finished just in time! I only wish the weather were nicer, so I could have gotten better photos...
Siste dag av Vintage Holiday Quilt-Along og jeg ble akkurat ferdig! Skulle bare ønske været var litt mer medgjørlig for fotografering utendørs...

Vintage-Holiday-full-front


The front is made of a layer cake of Alpine Wonderland from Riley Blake, pluss some other fabrics from my stash; sashing is Vintage Baby from Riley Blake; border is a pointsettia print from the Alpine Wonderland collection.
Forsiden er sydd sammen av en "layer cake" av Alpine Wonderland fra Riley Blake, samt noen andre stoffer fra stashen min. Rammene er Vintage Baby fra Riley Blake, borden er fra Alpine Wonderland.

Vintage-Holiday-partial-front


I quilted straigh(ish) lines in the sashing and border. The blocks are quilted with a free motion swirl. My free motion skills are mediocre at best - uneven stitch lengths and some jagged curves, but that is hard to see without close inspection.
Jeg quilted (nesten) rette linjer i rammene og borden. Blokkene quiltet jeg "free motion" - ikke det jeg er flinkest på, men det ser man ikke uten nær inspeksjon.

Vintage-Holiday-back


I pieced the back with the left overs from the front and some green solid (also from Riley Blake). The batting is Warm & White.
Jeg brukte opp noen av restene fra forsiden på bakstykket sammen med et grønt ensfarget stoff. Vatten er Warm & White.

Vintage-Holiday-folded

The binding is scrappy, as I felt all red would be too harsh, but I still wanted some of the warm colors in the binding. I machine sewed the binding - no time to sew by hand!
Lukkekanten ble variert, da jeg syns bare rødt ble litt voldsomt, men ville allikevel ha de varme tonene i lukkekanten. Jeg maskinsydde lukkekanten (ikke tid til håndsøm).

Now I just have to wait until December so I can snuggle under my new quilt on the couch!
Da er det bare å vente til desember så jeg kan bruke dette teppet!

Thanks, Heidi, for hosting this quilt along! It was my first ever and it was fun to be a part of it and see all the variations everyone came up with.

19 comments:

  1. This is really beautiful! Well done you!

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  2. Marit your quilt is fab, I love your fabric choices - I haven't seen some of them before. It looks great :)

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  3. It looks really lovely - such a great combination of elegant and jolly:-)

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  4. Your quilt is fabulous!! I love the fabric and the quilting. Wonderful!!

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  5. I love how your quilt turned out! The colors are so vibrant!

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  6. So pretty and lovely quilting : )

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  7. What beautiful colours, I love the outer border how the flowers look a little like snowflakes.

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  8. It is beautiful I love the colors. I was just thinkig today about doing a scrappy binding, but I was unsure how it would look. Yours looks so pretty, I love it. I have to try it too.

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  9. Very pretty!!! Love the colours and your FMQ looks fantastic! Well done on a beautiful finish, Marit!

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  10. Yay Marit. It is so pretty. I've been loving seeing these popping up in Blogland. Your version is divine. :)

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  11. This is such a pretty holiday quilt - congratulations! The fabrics are great, love the scrappy binding, and the quilting really suits the feel of the quilt.

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  12. what a gorgeous quilt Marit, I absolutely love it!! Love your fabric choices, the colours, the binding, everything. It's gorgeous. Cat x

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  13. I love how the colours of the Alpine Wonderland line came out in your quilt. Congrats for finishing! I saw you at TGIFF.

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  14. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous! It looks amazing!

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  15. This is beautiful! I've been waiting to see this finished. I love the color scheme. Very wintery with a hint of Christmas.

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  16. Gorgeous! It's also great that you have finished this in time for the Holiday season. :) Thanks for linking up to TGIFF!

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  17. it's so beautiful. I really want to make this pattern, too

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  18. So beautiful! Love the colours and fabrics you used - they are just perfect for that "vintage" look.

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