Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Strawberry Fields, Finished

My Strawberry Fields Doll Quilt is quilted and bound. I stayed true to the original and used a red paisley fabric for the setting. This is the first time I have done a zig zag setting. It was not hard and it was fun to try something new.
For the quilting pattern, I went with my go-to, "when in doubt" the tried-and-true Baptist Fan. It's an allover pattern which I marked using a blue washout pen. I hand-quilted it using Mettler quilting thread, #514.
I mixed reproduction and antique fabrics. It's easy to use antique fabrics when the pieces are so small - you don't need much! The setting and backing fabrics are reproduction. All fabrics came from my stash. Thank you, Lori!
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11 comments:

  1. Woo-hoo! I LOVE the fan quilting on this!!!

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  2. Love your quilt. That red is super. Baptist fan is a favorite quilting pattern of mine. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Very beautiful, love the fan quilting too.
    Hugs from France.

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  4. I love the fan quilting! It suits your little quilt!

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  5. Your quilt is darling..I love the fan quilting! :)

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  6. i think that you've chosen the perfect quilting pattern and i always love to see the hand stitiching~!!~
    bravo~!~ on an awesome finish~!!~

    :-)
    libbyQ

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  7. Vintage through and through. It looks terrific. I want to use fans on my quiltalong quilt too, but don't have mad skills at handqulting like you! It has been fun doing this little project. Mine is only a top so far...

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  8. Strawberry fields looks delish! Can't wait to see more of your work!

    www.aqsquiltnews.blogspot.com

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  9. I really like your paisley fabric! it works so well and your quilting is inspired. Well done, I really enjoyed your version!
    Valentina

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  10. Beautiful! Looks very vintage too. It is so much fun going by the blogs to see how they turned out. I am stitching so much that I have still not finished quilting mine. This inspires me to get back to it...

    Hugs from Holland ~
    Heidi

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