I am making a doll quilt for my swap partner. (See previous post for information) I started out with 2 courthouse steps blocks using one and a half inch strips. They were too big for this project so I made another one with one inch strips. It ended up being perfect. I had the striped fabric in mind for sashing.
Here are my blocks with a couple of stripes in between on my design wall. I had less than a fat quarter of the blue stripe fabric. I had to plan accordingly.
I got the blocks and sashing together and I had a little bit of the blue left. I fussy cut a 3/4 inch outer border. Then I tried out various borders here.
Warm brown.
Rose.
Grayish.
Blue on Navy or black I can't decide what this is.
Here's the winner. Quilted.
Same on the back.
Propped it up here and the binding is on. I used the grayish fabric for the binding. I mailed it to my partner on April 1st. My partner loved it. Yeah
I am Nancy's very lucky doll quilt swap partner. Thank you for this post; it is fun to see how the quilt developed through assorted fabric trials. The photos are terrific, but the beautiful little quilt really sings in person. The colors, fabrics, design, and quilting add up to a wonderful treasure that I will forever adore. My heartfelt thanks to you Nancy.
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting and your kind words Maria.
DeleteWonderful! I absolutely love the border and backing fabric.
ReplyDeleteThank you Robin.
DeletePrecious! Love the border and backing as well!
ReplyDeleteThank you QG.
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