It never rains but it pours, so I managed to get two quilt commissions in the same week. This throw is the smaller, and it needed time to travel, so I pushed and got it made before we travel for Thanksgiving. It’s now winging its way to Germany. It was a dull day yesterday when I took these photos, so it doesn’t really sparkle like it should.
This is a requested second rendition of this quilt, which I made late last year, and which sold last month. The cardinals, backing, and binding are the same, and I came pretty close on the gold snowflakes and the poinsettias. In fact, I think I like the snowflake border better, though it lacks some of the busy-ness energy of the first fabric.
This is quilted with Glitter, New Brites, Rainbows, and Bottom Line from Superior Threads.
I used Pellon 50/50 batting for the first time. It was easy to work with, but I don’t think it gave the quilting much definition. I guess I should have read my own post to see what I used last time.
Now it’s back to the Louisville Cardinal quilt, and some holiday baking. Good luck with your finishes.
The top was inspired by this ornament fabric I’ve had for awhile and wanted to use for the backing. I love the contrast between the Victorian ornaments and the modern ones.
The red and green fabrics are all from my Christmas scraps, I didn’t cut into any yardage for them. It was fun to remember all the projects and it really did clean up my scrap bin. I pieced them on seed catalog and phone book pages, which came away very easily. Usually I remove the paper as soon as I’m finished piecing, but this time I left it on until I had added the white corners. That made the blocks stable enough to sew together without the paper.
