Tuesday, January 20, 2015

One HUGE Quilt

This is the largest quilt I have had to quilt...and it was a commission quilt.

The customer came to me with a nearly finished quilt top...she started it about 20 years ago.

The fabric was bought in Japan by her mother ...all silk, but a very heavy, coarsely woven silk.  The blue was bland, so she used gold fabric paint and highlighted the fish, then painted her children's & grand children's names in Japanese Italics.

So, this quilt has 4 generations tied up in it..mother buying fabric, lady sewing quilt, her children's names, then her grand children's names... she wants it to be a heirloom quilt.
She became overwhelmed by the size & weight of the quilt (pictured here on my queen sized bed),
                                           ... she didn't know how to finish it...

...until her friend told her that I had finished a UFO of hers and she was over the moon with it.
I had to square up the quilt, provide the wadding & backing, make the binding (from the excess of fabric from the top), quilt it and bind it.
The quilt goes from floor to floor on 3 sides and tucks behind the pillows on top.

It is HUGE!

Now onto another commissioned quilt.... not as big as this one!

Until next post...
Jewells

 

6 comments:

  1. WOW!! It is huge Julie. It must have been equivalent to wilting 2 quilts!!! Awesome job - love the story behind it!!

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  2. Yes it is a HUGE quilt and I bet the owner is thrilled with your work.. Looks fabulous...

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  3. Phew! That is huge. Looks great, you did an amazing job.

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  4. I thought the first commissioned quilt to finished was going to be the last....................hhhmmmmm.........well done...........they must be so happy to have them finished.......

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  5. Chookyblue.. this quilt was actually a FINISHED quilt top...all I had to do square it up, quilt it & bind it... nothing like the other commissioned quilts that I had to actually finish the quilt top too!

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