I finished piecing the antique Cheddar blocks. I had 40 blocks and I wanted to use every one of them. After a lot of thought I decided to do them in a 6 x 6 layout and then use the extra 4 blocks in the border on the corners. I wanted to make them into a full-sized quilt so the borders are big. That leaves me a lot of room for hand quilting and I think it will look great on a bed. I had some reproduction fabric that blended well with the blocks so I didn’t have to buy anything new.
I hand pieced the blocks together because the blocks were all hand pieced and they were not all exactly the same size. I find it easier to make them fit together by hand. I did machine stitch the final border. I need to give it a good pressing (I hate pressing!!) then it is ready to quilt.
Here are some pictures (click to enlarge)
Happy Quilting
Tim
Looks great!
Thanks!
it is looking better and your quilting will be interesting!
Quilting in the blocks will be very simple but something fun in the borders
Tim, it looks great. Love how you set the blocks. Hand piecing comes in handy in so many ways
…as in not fighting with the sewing machine! haha
LOL….thats true!
That came out wonderful!!!! And Ilike your “tree” background on this page !!!!
thanks Ginny…its fun to get something finished that only takes a few days…quilting it will be a different story
Hi Tim-Is the first border a tiny print or a solid color? Can we see a close up of the border?
its a very small print….I should have taken pictures of that… I will add a few in next time
I can’t believe you have hand-pieced all those blocks so quickly!
the blocks were already made so it was just straight seams to attach them…that I can do pretty fast
Beautiful Tim! I can’t wait to see how you quilt it.
Thanks…I am looking forward to quilting!
I love the colors of this quilt. The cheddar absolutely glows against the purples, browns and cream. Wonderful top!
thanks Audrey…I will post a few pictures of the border fabrics soon….but all the colors are what I like most about it
It looks fabulous, Tim! Can’t wait to see the hand quilting.
Thanks!!
Very nice….love this block as well as the colors. The cheddar really pops.
It turned out fabulous! Such unique and lovely blocks.
Thanks! they are great blocks….will do a pattern some day