Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs but not every man's greed.
~Mahatma Gandhi
Quilting
Taking a {hopefully short} break from the baseball quilt. Family members asked for quilts for their friends having babies and this quilt was the easiest to finish up. The top was completed in April. It's better to quilt them soon after. What looked good becomes indifferent with time.
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| String Tulip baby quilt 3 |
The tulip petals are outlined and echoed. The white background is stippled.
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| String Tulip 3 stipple quilting detail |
The ESS blocks are free-hand quilted in a zig zag design that moves easily from one to the other because nothing shows in all this business.
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| String Tulip 3 zig zag quilting detail |
The outer border is a free-hand loop. And it's done.
The back is three purple {approximately} half yard pieces sewn dark to light. Not clever but easy and adds more color. Because this quilt was so quiet... ;-)
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| String Tulip 3 quilt back |
One more photo of it folded ready to roll into a mailer.
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| String Tulip 3 quilt folded |
Quilt Specifics
Size: 47" x 47"
Design: String tulips and string block border
Batting: Mountain Mist Cream Rose cotton
Thread: Gutermann 50/3 light and dark green cotton thread
Quilting: SID and FMQ
Approximate yardage: 6.5 yds
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It's already reached its forever home and will be well loved. Several more have been requested. I need to search out some stashed blocks and bits.