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Sunday, November 2, 2014

Rainbow crosses {Instagram mini quilt swap}

I've been working away on the little blocks for this mini quilt for the last few weeks. I had the idea for different scaled crosses a while back and I just started making them without planning out the layout too much. Originally I planned the 3" and 6" blocks, and then after making a few I realised I needed a bigger one too for the impact. I had fun piecing these, and they were a little bit addictive to make, even if they did involve a lot of teeny tiny piecing.


Now I need to figure out what I am going to do quilting wise. There are a lot of seams so I feel it needs some machine quilting even though my first reaction was to hand quilt it echoing the crosses. Ideas anyone?
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21 comments:

  1. MaryseNovember 2, 2014 at 11:34 PM

    Ohh! This is very pretty!!!

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  2. www.randomthoughtsdoordi.comNovember 3, 2014 at 4:32 AM

    Love the different sizes and the colors with the LV background

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  3. SusanNovember 3, 2014 at 4:45 AM

    It is SO pretty! Sorry, no suggestions on quilting it though!

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  4. Christine BNovember 3, 2014 at 7:36 AM

    What a beautiful quilt top! I love the colours. Difficult decision on the quilting.... maybe an allover pattern with a circular shape to contrast with the squares?

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  5. GillNovember 3, 2014 at 9:31 AM

    Fabulous! I love it!

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  6. FranziskaNovember 3, 2014 at 9:56 AM

    Beautiful. The work was worth it.
    Quiltingwise I have no idea. Straight lines?

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  7. Lucy | Charm About YouNovember 3, 2014 at 10:11 AM

    Beautiful!! When I saw this on if I was hoping you would hand quilt it!

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  8. Lucy | Charm About YouNovember 3, 2014 at 10:11 AM

    *IG not if!!!

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  9. pennydogNovember 3, 2014 at 10:31 AM

    Love a bit of tiny piecing. How about matchstick quilting?

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  10. LoriNovember 3, 2014 at 1:05 PM

    I would probably do flowers with the center of the flowers being the square in the middle.

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  11. LoriNovember 3, 2014 at 1:05 PM

    oops. I forgot to say that I think this is pretty stinkin cute!

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  12. LeanneNovember 3, 2014 at 3:39 PM

    I really love how the bright colours pop against the low volume background. You have a lucky partner for sure.

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  13. Judith, BelfastNovember 3, 2014 at 5:04 PM

    Gorgeous! Machine quilting will give it more structure and stability for hanging up! Jxo

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  14. RuthNovember 3, 2014 at 5:13 PM

    I'd love this on my wall! How about interlocking circles?

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  15. AnitaNovember 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM

    I love it! For quilting I'm thinking stitch in the ditch along the seam lines and then highlight a few of the crosses with hand quilting.

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  16. Archie The Wonder DogNovember 3, 2014 at 7:21 PM

    It's gorgeous!

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  17. FranNovember 3, 2014 at 8:00 PM

    Fabulous!

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  18. SoniaNovember 3, 2014 at 9:18 PM

    Such a beautiful mini Sarah. I know what you mean about machine quilting but a little bit of hand quilting would look lovely too!

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  19. Catrin LewisNovember 3, 2014 at 9:53 PM

    I have a horrible feeling that you're not in Ashley's team. Oh well, a girl can dream, can't she?

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  20. AndeeNovember 3, 2014 at 10:11 PM

    It is a stunner, I LOVE it!

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  21. JohannaNovember 4, 2014 at 8:51 PM

    This is so lovely!

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