In July I was sewing up the 2024 Christmas Mystery offered by Fat Quarter Shop. It was a lovely design, but I was not thrilled with effect of the finishing step. So my piece hung on the design wall until ideas percolated. I imported a photo of my quilt center into EQ, then played around with options, which is a rabbit hole always worth falling into. Initially, I picked a very intricately pieced narrow 4 inch border. So much work and so me. I let that simmer until I came up with a more reasonable solution. I quickly stitched up that plan before I could change my mind. I am delighted with the outcome. I haven't quilted it yet but that should be fun. It measures 48 inches, point to point. It needs to be a topper, as cutting into it for a tree skirt would ruin the design.
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A beautiful finish! Sometimes you do have to just let things percolate a bit.
ReplyDeleteI love your upgraded version! It's going to be a beautiful topper, ready for Christmas! Thank you for sharing this beautiful finish top.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely top! This will make such a pretty table topper although I personally think it could work as a tree skirt too if you wanted. Percolating sure worked for this piece! Love the finish. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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What a lovely Christmas topper that will be! I can just see it with a dish of peppermint candies in the center. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your redo! It will make a terrific Christmas topper.
ReplyDeleteI agree this is too pretty to cut into for a tree skirt. Christmas will be here before we know it, happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful finish. I agree, you just can't cut into this to make it a tree skir! Love what you did with it! I look forward to seeing it quilted! Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteHi Kat, that is a great quilt and will look wonderful on a table. Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks.
ReplyDeleteThat is gorgeous! Ok I gotta go check out the pattern, LOL.
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt! Good job getting ready for Christmas before the rush.
ReplyDeleteOh I like that !!! Can't wait to see how you quilt it !!
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