Thursday, January 17, 2013

Finished!


I finished this on the weekend!  I really like it!!! This is a block that is in Camille Roskelley's book Simplify.  It is such a wonderfully simple block but you put it altogether and it looks so much more complicated!  This quilt is destined for a birthday gift for someone in March but that person might just get it earlier so they can start snuggling under it while watching movies or super junky TV.  This is a couch quilt.  Made in the right colours to go with the right living room decor.  So there you have it.  Can you see that I used some Madrona Road text fabric?  I thought that might be fun to look at if the TV show gets boring or the movie gets too scary.

I had a little fun with the borders.  I used the dark red print (from the guild de-stash) but didn't have quite enough so I used some Kona coal to finish it up.  I quilted this one with Aurifil 50 wt in grey... 2605 to be exact.  I quilted vertical straight lines except at the top where I did horizontal lines.  Just for interest.  And the binding... black and white stripes!  Perfect!!!!!

 Quilt stats

Name:  Black, Grey and Red
Design:  Block pattern from Camille Roskelley's book Simplify
Size:  68" by 68"
Fabric:  Madrona Road, Kona Ruby and Coal, Stof Pure Style and some fabrics from the stash
Quilted: by me with Aurifil 50 wt (2605) in grey



Linking up with Amanda Jean for Finish it Up Friday!

26 comments:

  1. So pretty! I love the 2 colored borders and that red is gorgeous.

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  2. Wow, I love this Cathy. The red is stunning in it.

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  3. This looks so great, Cathy! I really love the two-toned borders. Beautiful!

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  4. Seriously sooo GORGEOUS! I just think it is absolutely stunning. Wonderful gift, lucky recipient!

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  5. I'm in love with your color combo! It's so modern, yet cozy! Beautiful!

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  6. This is so timeless. It will never look dated. Perfect binding ; )

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  7. I love this. What fabulous fabrics and colors.

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  8. This looks really great! I love the colours.

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  9. Gorgeous! I agree with everyone... The red is fabulous.

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  10. Awesome I love it.Great choice of colors.

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  11. It's great Cathy! I'm loving the chunky borders.

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  12. Totally fabulous. I love the creativity that comes from not having quite enough of a fabric for the original plan.

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  13. I love the colours! So wonderful!

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  14. Cathy, I love your quilt. Wanted to let you know that your link up at crazy mom quilts is linked back to her blog. I had to search your blog to get to your post.

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  15. looks great Cathy! Reminds me of the quilt I made my nephew for Christmas last year, you just cant go wrong with Black, white, red and gray...nice job!

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  16. I love the fabric to look at when the tv show gets boring! I notice all kinds of interesting wobbles in my quilting when we're watching old westerns. :-)

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  17. Ah! The finished project! Great job! I love that it is made with large pieces!

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  18. The color choices are fantastic. A great quilt.

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  19. I love it. And one of my favourite colour combos as well.

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  20. Cathy, it's absolutely gorgeous. Just gorgeous.

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  21. This looks great Cathy! I didn't realise it was fabrics from your stash, I thought it was Mama Said Sew fabrics by Sweetwater! You've done so well coordinating them all. The different shades of grey and black give a sort of depth 3D effect to the top.

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  22. This is such a perfect colour combination. Just love it!

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  23. Love your quilt! It's bold and makes a statement. Well done c

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