Here, at long last, is the finished "historic panel" quilt, from the challenge Lori at Humble Quilts issued back in 2022! You can see my first post about this challenge here.
There was "help" while completing the free-motion quilting earlier this month.
The center panel is hand quilted, the remainder a mix of serpentine stitching in the narrower borders, and some free motion in the wider border areas.
Sad to say my efforts at free motion have left me with a severe case of thumb/wrist joint stress, and I'm afraid that my days of free-motion quilting are pretty much over. It has now been more than a week since completing this and the pain has not yet subsided. No broken bones, just a case of stressed joints that will take a (long) while to heal.
Though I'm generally happy with the way this quilt turned out, when it was washed in cold water (with color catchers) there was still
one star background fabric that gladly accepted the bit of red dye that released in the wash water, so now there are 3 or 4 stars with faint pink backgrounds rather than the cream/light beige of the other blocks. You'll likely be able to spot the rogue blocks in some of the photos (like the one directly above).
A bit of the backing fabric:
We will keep the quilt here for the next year bicentennial plus 50 celebrations, and at some time in the future will give it to our second grandson, who is in the National Guard and hopes to be accepted for flight training school to become a helicopter pilot after completing his degree.
This December has until today been colder than normal for our area with snow nearly every day. Today we awoke to 37 degrees and sunny, with a forecast high of mid-40s. Hopefully some (or all) of the accumulated snow will melt without any major flooding. There is more rain in the forecast for later this week, and Christmas could quite possibly be green in these parts.
Wishing all of you the blessings of peace and joy during this holiday season. Til next year ...
8 comments:
Your patriotic quilt turned out great. I wanted to join that SAL but I never could find the right piece for the center. Bleeding reds are so frustrating. I have a scrap quilt that I get out at Christmas time and there are two specific fabrics in that quilt that have absorbed the red (now pink) dye inspite of color catchers and cold water. I still love the quilt but it's disappointing.
a splendid finish....hoping your joint issues subside...
What a beautiful quilt, very cool panel. My panel from Lori is still in the just looking at stage, patriotic has ben hard for me in recent years. I love how this came out.
Good wishes to your grandson, hope he is selected for helicopter school.
And so sorry for the joint pain. I am very pleased w results for me of CBD cream, can send you details if interested.
Best holiday wishes to you and your family.
ps sorry to be behind on email blog replies. I'm still back on your smoked turkey. We had that too. Not a fave, lol.
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lizzy
This one is a real heirloom. Congrats on getting it across the finish line though I'm sorry to hear that it was with much pain. As for the bleeding blocks, if you don't want them pink anymore, wash the quilt in Dawn blue dish soap. Yep that's right. Dish soap. Ask me how I know or read this post of mine
https://atthecornerofscrapandquilts.blogspot.com/2017/01/hidden-gems-seasons-finale.html
I promise you won't regret it. Hope your wrist gets better soon. Meanwhile, keep it warm. Have a lovely Christmas time. 💖;^)
Your finish is lovely. Sorry it came at the price of so much pain!
I remember Lori's challenge, but I did not join in that one. This is a great commemorative quilt for the nation's birthday bash! And how nice that you had "help". LOL
I think the pink background just adds character, and a background story. But you should try the blue Dawn soap, if you want to get rid of the pink. I haven't had experience with that particular issue, but I keep blue Dawn in my laundry room, and use it for all kinds of laundry issues.
Too bad about the bleeding, but if you didn't tell us we'd just think the fabric came that way. It is a beautiful quilt to commemorate the Semiquincentennial (AKA Sestercentennial, Bisequicentennial, or Quarter Millenium, according to Google AI).
What a labor of love! It's wonderful that you persevered to finish this quilt because it turned out beautifully. So much work. And I understand the frustration of colors bleeding. Similarly, this happened to me on the quilt I've been working on. Though I pre-washed fabrics, when pressing the quilt top in preparation for basting, I used a flattening spray that cause more color to bleed. Now, as I'm quilting it, I see the pinkish background that was meant to be white. Ugh. Still, we move on, and give our quilts our best efforts. Seems you went above and beyond to quilt this one, as evidenced by your physical pain. I'm so sorry! That too has to be frustrating. You make me appreciate that I am still able to quilt, though I sure don't enjoy it as I once did. When you do give away this quilt, your grandson will cherish it. I hope your Christmas is quiet and blessed. It will be nice to get out to attend church without worrying about the temperature or road conditions. Bless you.
I love everything about your quilt! Except your hand pain! I have been using a compression glove at night and that seems to help me. Do you mind if I share your quilt on Humble Quilts facebook group? And add it to the old link on my blog? Blessings for a happy new year!
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