Monday, July 29, 2013

Georgia On My Mind

I finished it in time!

I started this quilt about a week ago, and quilted and bound it on Friday just in time to gift it on Saturday. In my trend of naming quilts after songs, this one is Georgia On My Mind. It's for my grandmother, who has been ill, and her first name is Georgia. So I thought it was appropriate :-)

Georgia On My Mind

Georgia On My Mind

(I lint rolled after I took this picture!)

For the back I used the block I messed up as well as a big block made of solids that I used in my grandfather's quilt. Yes, I am going to finish that one. I'm just at a quilting inspiration standstill.

I took this quilt outside to photograph for the first time, and I really like how that came out. The grass was a little dewy, and one of the pictures is sunny and the other darker because I didn't think to wait for the cloud to pass. Live and learn!

Georgia On My Mind

Georgia On My Mind


I free motion quilted it with little sprouts that go in alternating directions, and echo quilted the gray stars for interest. I had been thinking about how to quilt this, and then saw this post on Julie's blog that SAME DAY. Perfection!

I bound it in a Denyse Schmidt print that went with it perfectly. It finished at 60x60, and I used ~30 blue prints, I think 17 pink/red prints, and about 10 gray prints. They were almost all from stash, except some of the reds, because I don't work with red very often, and don't keep it stocked.

Georgia On My Mind

12 comments:

  1. Love it to bits! Great name too!
    Esther
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  2. Wow! Fast finish and a wonderful quilt.

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  3. Lovely finish, Megan! The quilting is awesome and the dotty binding.... Perfect!

    Hope you don't mind... I am sharing this on my facebook page with a link back at http://facebook.com/sewfreshquilts Let me know if you would prefer I didn't!

    Lorna:)

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  4. Looks awesome! Your quilting is perfect and you can never go wrong with a DS print for binding!

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  5. Wow! love everything about this - pattern, colors, and quilting! i'm trying to figure out how to quilt a top I just made, don't think your design would work but I'll save that idea for another one. :)

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  6. I freaking LOVE this quilt! The colors are rich and I spot a couple of my favorite prints :)

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  7. I totally impressed! Way to get it done. It's a beautiful quilt and I'm sure it will be well loved. :)

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  8. This turned out so beautiful - fantastic job!!

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  9. Gorgeous! Love the blue and red classic combo! I'm stopping in from Plum and June.

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  10. Love the stars - you sure are quick!

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  11. Seriously fabulous. I love a wonky star and you took the pattern to a new scrappy high. Congrats on a great finish.

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  12. Very pretty, your Grandmother is going to love it. Quilts are the best medicine!

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