Sunday, January 17, 2016

Cottage Garden Finish

I started this project, Cottage Garden, back in June. I bought the kit with some of my birthday money and worked slowly on it--gradually putting together the fabric base, then appliquéing the wool felt blocks on, and I spent the last couple of months hand quilting it with perle cotton #8. I finished binding it on Friday night. 
Here are some up close pictures. The cross hatch quilting is perfect with the primitive wool felt.
I love how it turned out! My house is very country, so this will look perfect on display in the spring and summer. It is a small quilt measuring 30 x 40 inches.
I went over to my mom's and used her long arm before they headed to California for the rest of the winter.  I quilted this UFO Pineapple Quilt. I made the top before I started blogging and after I took a Buggy Barn quilting class at my LQS, I think it was the summer of 2012. I added the machine appliquéd "welcome" to the top and plan on hanging this in my entry hall. I will be binding this for Slow Sunday Stitching as I watch football--Go Broncos! See everyone else's inspirational handwork here:
With my Cottage Garden Quilt done, it was time to dig out another hand quilting project--my Love Blooms Here UFO. This was featured in Quiltmaker magazine all of 2013. I fell in love at first sight and thought it would look good hanging up in my house for the spring. I was also  pretty sure I could get it made completely from my stash--with the exception of buying some yellow wool felt, I did make it from my stash!
The backing is a striped brush cotton that is warm and cozy to have on my lap as I stitch.  This is larger, but I am only outlining the wool felt appliqué and the blocks with perle cotton.
I am not sure what to do with the border, but I will have plenty of time to figure it out as I work on the inside.
I finished my Cocoa Door Banner and washed it to get the crinkly effect which it did nicely, but the chocolate handle bled. I have never had a brown bleed before! Some Spray and Wash got most of the brown out, but I am really shocked with a brown bleeding.
These are the latest two mystery blocks my sister sent me. There should be two more on the way this week.
I hope to quilt up my Snowball Fight Table Runner this week.

Well, there are lots of projects underway here. It is a good thing tomorrow is a holiday, so I can make a dent on some of these projects. Have a great week!

40 comments:

  1. I love them all but the pineapple quilt really caught my attention! Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

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  2. Wow, that is a beautiful quilt. Must have taken a long time to get that one done.

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  3. Maybe a cable around the border on your Love Blooms quilt. I love the wonderful texture you achieved with the big stitching. The cross hatching that goes thru the background and the border is just wonderful!

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  4. Lots of beautiful projects you are working on there, I especially like your love blooms quilt...it is a shame the brown colour bled, have hear of red doing that but not brown. Happily you got it out.

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  5. I always enjoy seeing what you've been working on, and I am in awe of all of your embroidery and hand quilting projects! So pretty and cozy looking!

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  6. Lots of fun stuff! If I had to choose a favorite it would be that snowball fight table runner. It's so cute.

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  7. Your project are wonderful. I'm astonished at how much you get done while teaching and being a parent. Do you sleep?

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  8. My, my, you have been busy! All your projects look wonderful. I've never heard of brown bleeding either.

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  9. I know you're going to hang your Cottage Garden and that it's 30" x 40" but it looks like one I'd love to cuddle up in on a cold winter day (to remind me of summer coming). I love your pineapple quilt, too. Too fun!
    Nancy. (ndmessier @ aol.com, joyforgrace.blogspot.com)

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  10. Wow so many beautiful quilts!! Congrats on your finish.

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  11. UGH!! I LOVE all your projects in the post!!!! I miss buggy barn:(

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  12. Love that pineapple quilt!! It's a stunner! :)

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  13. Great finish on your Cottage Garden quilt. The hand quilting is wonderful. And well done on finishing the pineapples, too. So good!
    Looks like have lots planned to go on with as well.

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  14. Where do I start...WOW. You have been busy. I love them all, but I specially love the quilting on your cottage garden quilt. You might try washing your adorable cocoa banner with some Synthrapol. It works well with controlling bleeding in hand dyes. And it might just work here as well.

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  15. Your Cottage Garden is adorable and I love the Pineapple Welcome quilt--awesome finishes! I don't think I've ever had brown bleed before either--I hate when that happens--so scary! I'm glad you were able to get most of it out.

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  16. All beautiful quilts Tanya! Hope you gets lots of time to work on the unfinished ones this week! Christine x

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  17. Wow you have made a lot of progress on a lot of great quilts. Congratulations on your finish and the others aren't much farther behind.

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  18. Your cottage garden quilt is a work of art. I love that there is so much handwork -- so much of you -- in the quilt. It just makes it extra special. Thanks so much for sharing on MCM; have a great week!

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  19. Your cottage garden quilt turned out beautiful...it urges me to get my skates on and finish up some of my projects!! I like the pineapple quilt as well. Thanks for linking up to Bits 'n Bobs for Design Board Monday.

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  20. WOW, Tanya! You got a lot of work done. I love your Cottage Garden - it's neat how it worked out perfectly for the spacing of the diagonal quilt lines.

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  21. I love your pineapple quilt! I am working on one of my own now and it's fun to see different versions! Thanks for sharing at Sew Cute Tuesday!

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  22. Your Cottage Garden quilt is amazing. I love the colors, the appliqué, the quilting... Everything.
    Pinned

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  23. Beautiful quilts Tanya!! Sorry about the brown bleeding, I haven't had that happen either!

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  24. So many beautiful quilts! Love the pineapple one, and the Cottage Garden applique blocks are awesome. Great job all around!

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  25. Oh my gosh! So many gorgeous quilt to drool over! I love everything, great work!

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  26. I love everything about it! I am so impressed that it only took six months. So much hand work and hand quilting. It really is special.

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  27. YOu are SOooo busy!! Love that pineapple quilt!! I want one too. ;)

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  28. Your work is beautiful, but I especially love the Cocoa Banner. It's so bright and cheerful!

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  29. Oh my goodness - those primitive quilts are FANTASTIC! So are all the others, but I have wanted to tackle a primitive project for years....so I am absolutely drooling over yours...so beautiful.

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  30. The hand quilting and all that hand stitching just simply amazes me! Well worth all those hours. Sure is a gorgeous finish. Looking forward to seeing your Cottage Garden getting the same treatment!

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  31. That Cottage Garden is amazing. I've never seen wool in a quilt block like that. Maybe I just missed them, but I love it. All your projects are great, Tanya, and thanks for linking to WIPs Be Gone. You are so prolific.

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  32. So many great quilts! I am sorry that the brown fabric bled but the quilt still looks very cute.

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  33. You've made quite a dent in your UFO and WIPs pile. Congrats on all the finishes. Cottage Garden and your pineapple quilts turned out beautifully! Enjoy your slow stitching this week.

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  34. So many eye candy. Just lovely. I love your cottage garden quilt. When you said it only measure 30 inches, it put a very different perspective on it. MY! those appliqués must be so small!! WOW! Congrats on this gorgeous finish and all the lovely work you showed us.

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  35. Wowzer !! you have been a busy girl! great finishes!! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!

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  36. Very beautiful projects, thanks for sharing.

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  37. So wonderful that you have another project ready to start hand quilting as soon as you finish the current one!!
    Congrats on more amazing finishes!

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  38. Gorgeous finishes! I am so impressed with the hand quilting you did. I am rather jealous, it is fabulous.

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  39. Wow, Tanya, you have been busy! Cottage Garden looks great, and I LOVE those pineapples! Perfect for the front hall. Great job!

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  40. You are a busy little bee! You've got some fabulous WIPs! Your hand quilted crosshatch on Cottage Garden is a perfect touch.

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