I wiped away the weeds & foam. / I fetched my sea-born treasures home... Ralph Waldo Emerson







Monday, January 31, 2011

Almost Done....HQDQ

Hi! Yes I am still picking away at this little project!


Probably only the die-hard quilters are still with me at this point,lol.


It isn't trimmed because I was short on fabric for the corners, I may have to redo them....

                              

I was taught that the back of a needlework project should look as good as the front....
No way is anyone gonna see the back of this little guy. I am going to choose a backing and layer it up right away, even though I won't quilt it til summer on the beach....

First though I was auditioning borders. I like a border on a doll quilt because it makes it look a true miniature instead of a block from a large quilt that has been trimmed down and bound.
So we have:

Repro (but vintage? selvedge says 1994) indigo (no)...


Repro 1994 red..(no)...



Cheddar #1 (maybe?)...no corner squares though.


Cheddar # 2: (too pale?)...



Turkey red print that I think is antique, I forget....(maybe?)


One fun thing about digital cameras and quilting: you can really step back and get a good look at try-outs and effects.

For the backing:

First I wanted to use a feedsack (logo type, not floral print), just for fun and to emphasize the make-do quality of my rendition of this quilt. I have one with a lighthouse and one with a turquoise elephant! (neither of which I can find right now, but...).
Or:
antique calico from an old quilt:


repro double pink (a yes unless I find the feedsacks)....




Let me know what you think? And please don't look too closely at my piecework! Boy, am I rusty!

And as a reward for sticking with me and encouraging my progress, here's a sprig of springtime! Just one of my forced bulbs is NOT paperwhites but an adorable baby daffodil.


enjoy!

love

          lizzy
new snowstorm coming up the coast...[sigh]

gone to the beach.....