Friday, October 28, 2011

Dumpster Diving - Revealed


I LOVE THIS QUILT!!!



The black and white that I had planned to use for the binding was set aside.

This red plaid sings!!



I took the quilt to work earlier this week . . . 

"it reminds me of the scrappy quilts my grandmother made"
"I love how crinkled it is and how soft it feels"
"I think the back is the bomb"




Chris did more of her amazing free motion quilting.

It's perfect!


Here is the front of the quilt.
(measures 48" x 60")



This is the back . . .
(Wild Garden ~ Pollen fabric)



Thank you, Tonya!

I am SO glad you shared your idea with all of us!!


Quiltdivajulie


18 comments:

Mrs. Goodneedle said...

I may have to take a dive myself... right into the deep end. It's WONDERFUL, Julie!

Quilter Kathy said...

Congrats on a fabulous finish! And what a lot of scraps you used up! Love the Blah Blah Blah fabric in there!

Susan said...

I love, love, LOVE this quilt! I really need to put one like it on my "to make" list.

West Michigan Quilter said...

Love your quilt. Great idea!

Kathy said...

Inspiring, makes me want to jump right in. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the back. ;)

Quilting4U said...

The red binding really made did it justice, what a great quilt!

quiltzyx said...

That is incredible!
My face is starting to hurt from smiling at it....

Tonya Ricucci said...

woohoo, it's fabulous!!!!! gotta thank that quilter who made the fabulous antique quilt oh so many years ago!

Magpie Sue said...

In spite of the sunshine the quilt looks cozy and inviting. Something about all those little pieces... even in the photos you can tell it's all wrinkly and wonderful. Yummy indeed!

Vicki W said...

I love that quilt too! The red binding is perfect.

woolywoman said...

Lovely! I'm going to baste mine tomorrow...

Deb said...

What an amazing and inspirational quilt. I think I hear some scraps in my sewing room begging to be sewn into a similar quilt!! Thank you!!

Deb

Jean said...

Scrappy quilts are the best!

Sue said...

This quilt is very cute! Love it! And, of course, you have done a great job of pulling it all together. Your blog is an inspiration to me. :)

YankeeQuilter said...

I love how different all the "lego" quilts came out...the red binding really pulls your together!

Sandra Kaye said...

Love your Quilt. I want to make this quilt so bad. I will have to wait till after Christmas before I start. Your's turned out wonderful !! Hugs

amandajean said...

LOVE. IT.

Richard Healey said...

I just started quilting just the last 2 months and finished my first full quilt on the first. I have been thowing away all those scraps. Now looking at this I realise I need to stop doing that and save all of those. Wonderful quilt keep up good work.