All other projects fell by the wayside this week as I felt compelled to work on the plaid wrench block quilt top. In my last post I teased you with a shot of part of one of the scrappy alternate columns. (I knew I couldn't do a completely controlled, organized quilt!) Here's the whole layout:
This one is going to be an official twin size quilt though. It should finish at about 63" x 87." Here's a shot from the side so you can see what's hidden by my cutting table.
That's the best I can do in these tight quarters.
I didn't entirely use up my brown plaids but I also didn't have enough left of anything appropriate for the whole cloth border I wanted to put on. That's where friends with stashes come in handy. 😊My friend C~ has more brown in her stash than I and was able to provide yardage sufficient for not only the 2.5" (finished) border all the way around but also enough to make the binding that will eventually complete this quilt.
It's a nice dark chocolate brown. In this case I'm happy the binding will disappear visually.
I don't have a back for this yet, nor batting, so it may be a while before I can show it as a finished product. Still, it's pretty handsome, isn't it? 😁Just what I had in mind for a young man on the threshold of his adult life.
There are still some plaids to return to my inventory but I feel I've made a respectable dent at least. Now I can turn my attention back to the more colorful baby/toddler quilt I also have in the works. And maybe get some stitching done for the upcoming Bee, Myself and I post!
Very handsome indeed.
ReplyDeleteThat is a really handsome quilt – perfect choice of description as well as fabrics – and anyone receiving it would be thrilled. Do you have ideas for the back, or will you know the perfect fabric when you see it?
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful masculine quilt! It gives me some ideas for what I can do for my male students when graduation time rolls around. :)
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