This is my monochromatic (green) challenge quilt for September. naturally it has selvages. it's about 96x106". it's going to live on my couch.
I have lots and lots of sunflower fabrics....courtesy of Aunt Sophie. so in this quilt i tried to use those up .... hahahahahahaha.....there are still yards left. but i used sunflowers in the triangles in all the blocks; in the sashings and cornerstones; in the border; and, in the binding...5 different sunflower fabrics. everything else is selvages.
I still have many, many more green selvages so there will be more greeen selvage quilts some day. and another sunflower quilt one day, too.
Aunt Sophie grew sunflowers in her yard so i am assuming that is why she bought this fabric. perhaps she was going to make herself a quilt with it.
Come to think of it....i don't think Aunt Sophie had a quilt on her own bed that she made....she was too busy making for everyone else.
The back is a muslin. i used a Quiltazoid pattern to quilt it. Glide olivey green thread for the top and a light spring green for the bottom.
And, contrary to my usual practice....this time i even made a label. the quilt said it had to have one. i know Aunt Sophie would have been quite amused at the selvage idea. she never cut the selvages off of her quilts....you see them in her blocks...little holes and sometimes the white part. LOL
I think Aunt Sophie would have liked it.
I have lots and lots of sunflower fabrics....courtesy of Aunt Sophie. so in this quilt i tried to use those up .... hahahahahahaha.....there are still yards left. but i used sunflowers in the triangles in all the blocks; in the sashings and cornerstones; in the border; and, in the binding...5 different sunflower fabrics. everything else is selvages.
I still have many, many more green selvages so there will be more greeen selvage quilts some day. and another sunflower quilt one day, too.
Aunt Sophie grew sunflowers in her yard so i am assuming that is why she bought this fabric. perhaps she was going to make herself a quilt with it.
Come to think of it....i don't think Aunt Sophie had a quilt on her own bed that she made....she was too busy making for everyone else.
The back is a muslin. i used a Quiltazoid pattern to quilt it. Glide olivey green thread for the top and a light spring green for the bottom.
And, contrary to my usual practice....this time i even made a label. the quilt said it had to have one. i know Aunt Sophie would have been quite amused at the selvage idea. she never cut the selvages off of her quilts....you see them in her blocks...little holes and sometimes the white part. LOL
I think Aunt Sophie would have liked it.
4 comments:
Yes, she would have loved it! That is a beautiful quilt! Enjoy and cherish it! You are so creative!!
Love it!
I like your selvage quilt. I too am hooked on selvages. I am starting one with green selvages too, and black and white accents. I don't have a huge number of green selvages, but do have lots of other colors. Nice work. Aunt Sophie would love it. Dar
she would be honored that you did this thinking of her. great quilt!
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