Wednesday, May 30, 2007

The Watermelon quilt done


The week went so fast and it has been a week since I last posted.
The Pentecost holiday, family, friends and everyday life have got the best of me.

I have been very busy finishing the Watermelon quilt and I put the last stitches in yesterday. Now it has been washed and is ready to go to my guild's show and tell today :-)
It was my May goal and it is so nice to be done.


The quilting really made this quilt!
I have used a soft silk thread - see the brown spool in the next photo. Thanks to the Clover needle threader it was threadable in the quilting needles too.
I will quilt more Baptist Fans in the future - I really like the shape and the appearance.


The teacher's inspiration was this quilt in American Patchwork & Quilting, Issue 72, February 2005.
Thanks Sigrun for giving me the magazine and thanks Linda J. for telling me about it.
Here you can see the teacher Rie's quilt. Adding a Dear Jane block in the cornerstones really gave the quilt a lift. I used a variation of another block, but the impression is still there.

My friend Val in Canada bought the raspberry red fabric I have used for the binding, which is very like a raspberry red I used in one of the blocks. I searched high and low for this particular colour and have meters of wrong shaded to prove it, shopped from various internet shops. Thanks Val for helping me out :-)

What is next on my to do list you might wonder ?
NI blocks, stitchery, class projects for the autumn. Not a dull day in sight :-)

37 comments:

  1. Hi, Hanne! Congratulations on a woderful finish! The quilt is beautiful! I'm sure it will be a hit in the show and tell! And way to go on all those baptist fans!!! Enjoy the quilt! Take care!

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  2. The finished quilts each have a different name. Does the block itself have a name? I have seen one similar and cannot identify it with my encyclopedia of blocks.

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  3. P.S. I meant to tell you how much I have been admiring your work on this quilt and NI.

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  4. Hanne, den ble kjempeflott...

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  5. Wow!! Congrats on your finish! It's really a beautiful quilt. It was fun to see the source of inspiration, too.

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  6. Så flott den ble Hanne, gratuleerer med nok et flott arbeid ferdigstilt. Gleder meg til å se den i kveld.

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  7. Anonymous11:51 am

    Love your WatermelonQuilt.It's beautiful.Un9

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  8. Beautiful quilt! I really love the thread color you chose for your quilting - really lovely!

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  9. Det teppet ble helt nydelig Hanne :-D Det kan du være stolt av :-D

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  10. COngrats on the finish! It is a lovely quilt! In general I really like blue, but I prefer your interpretation - I just figured out why - I like your corner stones better!

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  11. Lovely quilt and congrats on meeting your goal of finishing it in May.

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  12. What a beauty..... I have always liked that quilt. I even ordered the Baptist Fan stencil to use on my next quilt.

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  13. It's so beautiful. I have to try to quilt baptist fans on something. It is so pretty. Well done.

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  14. Congratulations on finishing the watermelon quilt. I know how long and hard you have been working on it. It is wonderful!!

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  15. I absolutely love the binding color! What a wonderful quilt you have. Your quilting is quite nice, and I like the brown thread. I wouldn't have thought of it!

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  16. Anonymous8:16 pm

    This quilt is a WINNER, Hanne ! It's gorgeous ! BRAVO ! You are sooo good at meeting your goals !

    Who is it for, by the way ?

    Enjoy !
    Hugs & smiles !
    NADINE

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  17. And some more congratulations on your water melon quilt! You deserve them though. The quilt is wonderful. I love quilting fans as well and the brown thread is an original and good idea. I saw that you got a japanese book translated into french, I love japanese quilting magazines and I am French, so if you have any problem with understanding, let me know! Take care.

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  18. Doing the happy dance for you that you finished this wonderful quilt! I know that it was tons of work and it has been great that you have shared your progress along the way. Truly an inspiration for people to stick with a project to completeion!!! I really like your own personal touch with the little blocks in the cornerstones!

    Cheers!

    Evelyn

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  19. Congratulations on another very nice quilt finished. Guess I was visiting when you started quilting, must have been in october last year. Anyway - nice quiolt, nice quilting.

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  20. Congrats on the finish - it looks great!!!

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  21. Congratulations, it's gorgeous! Isn't it satisfying to finish something but also a let down too.
    Love it!

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  22. Anonymous11:57 pm

    Congratulations on the finish Hanne ! It is spectacular - and the cornerstones make it so interesting, great quilting with the baptist fan, I will be trying that also.
    Heather in FL

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  23. Wow!!!Great job, it is very lovely :))))

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  24. This turned out so beautifully! I'd do the Baptist fans again too. =)

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  25. It's beautiful Hanne, I love the Baptist fan quilting. I haven't done it by hand (yet) but it's one of my favorite quilting patterns and I plan on using it on my current quilt in progress.

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  26. Hanne, congratulations on a beautiful finish. Everything about this quilt is super - the fabric selection, the settings choice, the block choise, the hand quilting. I think your quilt looks much better than the one that inspired it!

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  27. Congrats on your finish. Well worth persevering with, it is beautiful :)

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  28. Wow, it is gorgeous. Congratulations Hanne. We are waiting for the next beauty.

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  29. What a great quilt!!! I love the colors and the blocks. It's been neat watching as you progress on this one. I also like knowing the inspiration of the quilt. And watermelon really does fit as a name. Great job Hanne !!!!

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  30. Hanne, I have been following the progress of your quilt for some time. Congratulations on such a beautiful finish! The red and the greens work so well together.

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  31. Anonymous5:36 pm

    hi hanne,

    your quilt is one of the prettiest i have seen in a long time. you improved on the original by leaps and bounds. thanks for the wonderful eye treat and inspiration.

    quilty hugs,
    ellen

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  32. Oh Hanne, I've watched your prgress with this quilt and it's beautiful. Your quilting is superb!

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  33. Anonymous8:56 am

    Vannmelonteppet ditt er virkelig nydelig! Fargesammensetningen, quiltingen....det er "bærre lækkert"!

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  34. It is just gorgeous Hanne, you should be feeling very proud of yourself. I like yours better than the one in the picture!
    *hugs*
    Tazzie
    :-)

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  35. Hanne - your watermelon quilt is a real credit to you - your version is so much nicer than the inspiration one in the magazine - I think, in that one, the sashings are way too dominant and detract from the main block - and I love your little tiny DJ cornerstones - well done it will be a pleasure to catch sight of each time you enter the room :o)

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  36. Absolutely gorgeous ... you did a wonderful job!

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