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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Marcelle Medallion... a finish




 Name:  Marcelle Medallion
Design: From Liberty Love
Size:  approx  62" by 62"
Fabric:  lots of fabric from the stash
Backing:  Ikea Britten Numbers and Feedsack prints
Binding:  red tone on tone print
Quilted: by me with Aurifil 50 wt in white


I finished it!  Let me introduce my version of the Marcelle Medallion from the book Liberty Love by Alexia Abegg. This was a lot of fun even if there were a lot of little pieces.  I used a lot of scraps and  some DS prints, some Flea Market Fancy, some Feedsack prints, some vintage prints from my Gramma and a whole bunch of low volume bits and pieces.  I had the idea to use retro 1950s colours as I was thinking or arborite tables and kitchen colours from the 50s.  Like these pictures from a 1950s copy of Better Homes and Gardens...




I quilted this fairly densely, using a variety of free motion things in Aurifil 50 wt in white..  Can you see the little tiny fans, next to the flying geese blocks on the left?  I also did some straight line quilting on the outer borders.  This was the first time that I did so many different things with the quilting.  It is far from perfect but it was fun to try something different!  I also addes some extra inches to the final border to make the quilt just a little bigger.


 I used some of the Ikea Britten Numbers on the back!

 

Linking up with Amanda Jean for Finish it Up Friday!  Yay!

13 comments:

  1. I love your quilt and the fact you have so many great fabrics included . By the way I wore and apron just like that in the 50's , I know that dates me but that is a fact :-)

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  2. Absolutely brilliant finish! I just love it. Good on you for trying different quilting designs.

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  3. Brilliant work! It is so wonderful, unbelievable!!!
    Esther
    esthersipatchandquilt@yahoo.com
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  4. The colour combo from your stash is lovely. Great medallion quilt.

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  5. The quilting is spectacular. I like the color scheme, and it fits well into a Christmas color scheme, too!

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  6. Wow this is truly a great expression of modern quilting that looks antique! Great colours and so fine on the quilting!

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  7. Very beautiful choice of fabrics, back & front, great finish !

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  8. Cathy, this is stunning. I love the color choices you made.

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  9. What a beautiful quilt! I love the colors. Thanks for sharing :)

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