Friday 7 October 2011

Simple Pleasures - Finished

This afternoon it was fine and still and not too sunny so I grabbed a few finished items and works in progress and headed outside to take some photos. 

After what seems forever, Simple Pleasures is finally finished.


 I quilted a 1/4 inch each side of the block seams ...


and echo quilted the triangles in the border.


 In case you hadn't guessed it's a Hatched and Patched design by Anni Downs. Her stitcheries are so distinctive.

 
For this quilt I used a range of fabrics by Heather Mulder Peterson called Cottage Charm.


Several years ago by local Spotlight had this range on it's shelves and I bought up big!


Here's a closer look at the quilting in the border ... simple but effective.


 And to finish a shot of the backing. I'm not usually a fan of yellow but this buttery print jumped out shouting 'pick me' when I was auditioning fabric for the backing.


I'll be back soon with some of the other projects that got photographed today.

35 comments:

  1. Oh Christine....how good does your quilt look..gee you must be so very pleased....

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  2. beautiful quilt, really like the colours and the stitched blocks are brill.

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  3. Beautiful quilt Christine love the colour of the fabric you used and how you quilted it.

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  4. "simple" beautiful !!!
    Florence

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  5. Christine this is really lovely,what a wonderful job you have done

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  6. Christine that is such a gorgeous quilt! all those years I worked at Spotlight and not once did I see fabric as lovely as what you found, clever shopping and your quilting works perfectly well done....

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  7. Gorgous pattern, stitching and fabric selection, including the backing! Happy quilting Sue SA.

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  8. Oh that is just so beautiful. Awesome job! Very, very nicely done!

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  9. Love your quilt Christine and the colors! The quilting suits it just fine :)

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  10. So very pretty Christine. I love it.

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  11. What a lovely quilt. I love the pattern, the fabrics and the quilting. All good.

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  12. Your were wise to buy up on that fabric range - beautiful. I love your version of Simple Pleasures. As a quilt phobic I very much admire your machine quilting. Tracee xx

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  13. I Love Heather Mulder's Fabrics and they look Great in your Quilt...
    Well Done Just Gorgeous.

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  14. Your quilt is lovely. And your quilting really shows it off to the best advantage, especially the echo quilting on the border.

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  15. I love everything about it!!

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  16. The polka dots are just perfect for the quilt!

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  17. what a cute quilt - the embroidery blocks go so well with the other colors that you chose and the quilting goes with it all too - perfect.
    Karen
    http://karensquilting.com/blog/

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  18. Lovely quilt! The stitched blocks are so magical with the other fabrics.

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  19. Soooo pretty - I love the fabric/colors that you used - it brought a smile to my face :) You should definitely send Heather Mulder Peterson the pictures of the quilt -she would love to see her fabric in use I'm sure! Great work - thanks for sharing it with us!

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  20. It's so beautiful Christine. I am in love with it. And your quilting is perfect.

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  21. What a beautiful quilt!!!! \you picked such great colors!!!

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  22. you have inspired me I have this pattern. I need to get it out and work on it.
    Fantastic, love your work.

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  23. This is a very sweet quilt. I like the straight stitching. Really sets the design off.

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  24. That is just beautiful. Quilting, colours and stitcheries!

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  25. Your quilt is so beautiful, I have this pattern and I LOVE the fabrics you have chosen for it, perfect!

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  26. Your Simple Pleasures is just beautiful! I love the fabrics you used. I have this pattern and I hope to get started on it soon. :0)

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  27. It's so pretty and the backing fabric is way too nice for a backing

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  28. Sweet, adorable quilt! I love the fabrics, and stitcheries are so cute!

    Hugs,
    Tatyana

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  29. Your Simple Pleasures quilt is so sweet and pretty, I love it. Mine looks so much different, I love them both.

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  30. You have done a wonderful job on this one Christine.. gold stars to you :O)

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  31. This is so pretty! I love the handwork blocks mixed with the piecing!

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Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate your thoughts.

Christine