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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Grannies in the breeze...


It was a really lovely day today.  Not only did I get the top of my grannies all together but I declared war on the creeping buttercups encroaching on the flower beds.  Don't get me wrong, I love buttercups.  I just don't like them in the flower beds!

So here are the grannies out for a turn on the clothesline!  I think they are looking pretty spiffy.  I sashed the blocks in 2.5" strips and repeated the white sashing in the 2.5" square cornerstones.  The borders are 5" strips broken up by a little bit of pieced leftover granny squares.  I actually took some leftover squares and cut them down to 2" squares and then pieced them on point with some of the leftover setting triangles from the block construction. I needed to do that so they would fit in the 5" borders.   Have I just made this really complicated?  I hope not!  I still need to give the whole top a good press!  Woo hoo!  I think I can enter this in Stitched in Colour's Scrap Attack linky party next week.  Rachel says you can enter a finished quilt or a top.  It will be a complete festival of scrap-happiness!


I do so like this quilt!!!

I must say a big welcome to all my new followers!  Welcome, welcome! I also want to say how much fun it was to have Swoon on Quilt Story yesterday!  That was most exciting!

Have a super rest of your day!  I am off bright and early to a big quilting and sewing trade fair tomorrow morning!!!!!  I cannot wait!

Linking up with Amanda at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday!

18 comments:

  1. WOW, I can't believe how fast you got that sashing on! Love it!

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  2. beautiful!! I just love the borders!!

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  3. Beautiful! And i love the little bits in the border.

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  4. And yet another gorgeous quilt - I wonder who will be featuring this beauty! I love the colours and I am really falling for white in quilts!

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  5. Well done - lovely colours and setting!

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  6. I do love those grannies! Great finish!

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  7. Beautiful squares!! And I agree, the details in the borders are a nice touch.

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  8. love the diamonds in that border:)

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  9. I sooo agree with you: love this quilt!

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  10. those are some fabulous Grannies! I love the squares reaching out into the boarders :)

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  11. Now that is really cool - you've got me keen to try that pattern! Good job!

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  12. This is going to be a lovely quilt! Love the pattern and the colorful fabric.

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  13. It's fun to see a BIG granny version. Lovely!

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  14. Your quilt is wonderful! I want to make one of these really bad. If only time came in a bottle....

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  15. Wow!! This is so pretty - I love it!! :)

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