QUILT DETAILS
Chambray + Liberty of London Checkerboard Quilt
The finished quilt measures 56 inches x 72 inches.
100+ different fabrics.
I have made 63 16-patch blocks.
A total of 1008 patches of fabric (36 rows of 28 squares).
Each finished square measures 2 inches x 2 inches.
Printed fabric:
A mix of Liberty Tana Lawn, quilting cotton, and reclaimed shirt fabrics.
Background fabric:
2½ yards chambray fabric in black by Lecien.
QUILTING:
Quilted on a domestic sewing machine
with walking foot and quilting guide.
All over grid created by stitching edge to edge
horizontal and vertical lines (ditch stitching),
and a set of edge to edge diagonal lines through
the center of the chambray fabric squares.
THREAD for quilting:
Aurifil 28wt thread (the gray spool) for quilting:
(28wt top thread - 40wt thread in the bobbin)
QUILT BACK fabric:
Jardin de Paris in Mint from the Menagerie Collection
by Rifle Paper Co. for Cotton + Steel.
BINDING fabric:
Liberty of London Tana Lawn - Summer Blooms A (yellow)
from the Garden of Dreams Collection.
BATTING:
Low loft cotton batting.
Jardin de Paris in Mint from the Menagerie Collection
by Rifle Paper Co. for Cotton + Steel.
BINDING fabric:
Liberty of London Tana Lawn - Summer Blooms A (yellow)
from the Garden of Dreams Collection.
BATTING:
Low loft cotton batting.
I have finished my Chambray + Liberty Checkerboard Quilt and I am pretty pleased with how it turned out. I especially love how the quilting stitches settled into the chambray fabric. I have again used a heavier weight thread for the quilting (28wt Aurifil) so while the stitches nestle into the fabric they are still well defined and an additional decorative feature of this quilt. Having said that, this quilt is all about the beautiful Liberty of London fabrics. I do love working with these fine fabrics and for this quilt I have used a number of classic prints that I just can't get enough of!
For the back of the quilt I have used a single fabric (Jardin de Paris in Mint) from the Menagerie collection by Rifle Paper Co for Cotton + Steel. This is such a beautiful floral fabric which suited the feel of this quilt perfectly, balanced the overall color palette, and gave the quilt a warm glow.
I have finished the quilt with a Liberty of London Tana Lawn fabric for the binding; a bright and cheerful yellow fabric called Summer Blooms A from the Garden of Dreams collection. And while I usually machine stitch the binding, I did hand slip stitch the binding to the back of the quilt because ... Liberty! Lovely Liberty.
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Rita
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ReplyDeleteRita, this whole quilt is amazingly beautiful I love the backing too Wowie. What a treasure
ReplyDeleteI love it! The barely there quilting and the pop of color for the backing and the binding. Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI love it! When I first saw it I thought the chambray was a medium gray. Did your chambray fray a lot? Some I have sewn with did.
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