The Kitchen Door Quilt - a Finish

The Kitchen Door Quilt is finished!

55" wide x 70" long

Quilted by Debbie Voigt

(Glide Hawaiian Blue thread, Calm Water panto)

Inspired by Log Cabin II from Collaborative Quilting

by Gwen Marston and Freddy Moran

and 

a casual Instagram comment shared by

 Valerie of Purple Boots and Pigtails

when I was painting our two front doors.

I'd been saving red and blue strings for over a year

without having a definite plan for how to use them.

I settled on the design in December 2015.

I started stitching in January 2016 - 

That's when the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 

color of the month was BLUE.

(this photo was taken just before the swing started its makeover process -

it has been rainy, so I hope to have finished photos for you by next week)

The quilt's backing was purchased in very early 2015,

long before I had any definite plans for the gathered strings.

Somehow I guess I knew the chairs were a print I needed to have in the stash.

Who knew that a can of red paint, a roll of blue painter's tape,

and a casual comment from a long-distance friend

would lead to this boldly scrappy quilt ?!?

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Over the weekend, I'll also be linking this post with 

 The Rainbow Scrap Challenge  (Saturday)

and

Oh Scrap! at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework  (Sunday)

Quiltdivajulie