finished quilt tops are the bomb

AHIQ:Sun Quilt Top and Autumnal Tulips #2 from Quilty Folk

I seem to have fell down a rabbit hole this past little while. So shocking. This quilt top was a result of an AHIQ prompt from July 2022. I was really late getting going with my response and then even later getting it to finished quilt top stage. I was dragging my feet initially because it's just so different for me! Most of the applique pieces have been cut out and ready to go since sometime last fall though, and I've been positively antsy to see the end result.

Is it a sunflower or a daisy?

So yeah ...

added by audrey 2 months, 1 week ago. under #ahiqsun , ahiq , autumnal tulips , commission quilt , finished quilt tops are the bomb , freehand applique , improv. hourglass abstract , sun of my life , tulips

Orphan Annie is a Finish and Other Things in the Lineup from Quilty Folk

Orphan Annie is a completed quilt top now! So nice to get another one finished up. Still hopeful there will time for another two or three to get knocked off the list before the end of the year.

Orphan Annie all crumpled and cozy looking!

The next picture made the quilt look a little bit washed out. The actual color is more intense like the previous picture. I really love this whimsical quilt with all its imperfections. Somehow this one ended up being so very blue. For some reason I thought it would feel like a green quilt, but nope ...

added by audrey 6 months, 1 week ago. under #ahiqpositivethinking , 2023 finish , fabric stacks , finished quilt tops are the bomb , next up in the hoop , orphan annie , orphan blocks , qal , tatterdemalion

It's a Finish! from Quilty Folk

Ta-da! Primrose Path is a finished top! Black was the only color that made sense for the outside border, so easy-peasy. The original inspiration was a tapestry or rug {not sure} in black and white. Just couldn't quite bring myself to make a pure black and white quilt. Much too modern for me!

Primrose Path is a completed quilt top now

Thankfully I had enough of a solid to cut out what was needed for borders. Just enough actually. Really surprising as I tend to use it up in bindings and I had already used quite a bit in ...

added by audrey 10 months, 1 week ago. under 2023 finish , finished quilt tops are the bomb , improv. strip quilt , practice , primrose path

One Step At a Time from Quilty Folk

It's been good to get back into the more normal flow of quilting around here, though I don't know how long it might last! That often means that I'm checking in with the opened-ended projects list and trying to move things forward. Little by little, one phase at a time, one decision at a time, nudge, nudge, what does the quilt want now?

Stack of Primrose Patch blocks

I've had the Primrose Path applique done for months now and just needed to figure out how to get the corners added onto the blocks properly. All along ...

added by audrey 1 year ago. under finished quilt tops are the bomb , herbs and berries quilt , hourglass improv. , melon patch rows , melon patch series , ormes inspired , primrose path

A 2023 Finish! from Quilty Folk

It's the first finish of the year! Yoohoo! All washed up and nicely crinkled, just like I prefer them.

#AHIQStringTulipQAL

This was an Adhoc Improv. challenge involving string piecing and tulips. I didn't actually do much string piecing {only in the tulips}, but challenged myself to use a difficult stack of fabric instead. There's something about these particular tones of blue that I've always balked at using and they were starting to pile up!

First completed quilt for 2023!

That's the problem with me and challenges. Sometimes the challenge itself doesn't end up being ...

added by audrey 1 year, 1 month ago. under #ahiqstringtulipqal , 2023 finish , 25-patch , finished quilt tops are the bomb , tulips

Finished Quilt Tops Always Feel Good from Quilty Folk

It's been a good week. I wrapped up two more quilt tops and dropped the number of open-ended projects down to three! Yessss.... That means I can start some new ones now without any guilt whatsoever!

A little bit moody with the gray-text backgrounds

This quilt top was started in the 2021-22 winter. I got motivated to trace the wedge segments and then they just sat for a very long time. Finally in July, the sewing started happening. Some quilt projects progress very slowly, sit for awhile, progress slowly and then seem to come together all in a rush ...

added by audrey 1 year, 7 months ago. under #ahiqstringtulipqal , 4-block tulip medallion , applique border , fans , finished quilt tops are the bomb , grandma's fan quilt , next up in the hoop

A Whole Lotta Yellow from Quilty Folk

It's been a struggle to make time for this post. The days have finally started getting cooler around here and it feels like I've just sorta collapsed into an end-of-summer fugue state. Don't wanna do much of anything!

Looking very cozy

We had dinner with some friends the other night and during conversation, I complimented Jessica on her beautiful, intensely detailed tapestry type print she had hanging on the wall. She is a wonderful, successful artist with many followers on social media. Super talented! Anyway, long story short, she said that the tapestry was one of her ...

added by audrey 1 year, 7 months ago. under 2022 finish , finished quilt tops are the bomb , freehand baptist fans , lillabelle , love apples , personal quilt history , so-tired fabrics

Flower Power is a Completed Quilt Top! from Quilty Folk

One of the things that I was determined to accomplish in the past week, was to get to completed quilt top stage with 'Flower Power'. There was an idea or two from the initial scribblings, but in the end, as usual, the quilt made all the decisions.

Improv. strip sets

First up, there needed to be some space between at least some of the applique blocks. It was easy to decide on some easy, breezy improv. strip rows. As you can see, I made short little stacks of sewn together, free cut strips. Not too off kilter, but just enough ...

added by audrey 1 year, 8 months ago. under chrysalis , finished quilt tops are the bomb , flower power , house blocks , improv. , in the hoop , love apples , roman stripe quilt , tulip series

Orphan Annie Gets a Border from Quilty Folk

So this is Orphan Annie with the first border. From the start, I kept thinking that Dogtooth borders might be a good design, especially using the lightning design. That just sort of seemed like the thing to do and I haven't used that layout in forever! If I was thinking more about black or pink for the borders, well, that idea quickly got shut down.

First border on Orphan Annie

When it became evident that the quilt wanted more of those lighter shades of green, I didn't really know what to do. So many of them have been ...

added by audrey 1 year, 9 months ago. under finished quilt tops are the bomb , flower power , grandma's fan quilt , hand quilting , orphan annie , pieced border , quarter triangles

I'd Say There's Never Too Much Applique, But of Course That's Not True! from Quilty Folk

I started on these flower blocks a couple months ago. Didn't get very far, very fast as I was really supposed to be finishing up other applique blocks. I might get spread thin with all the quilting projects, but I don't like a lot of opened ended applique. Just stresses me out.

Starting on the next round of applique

Anyway, right about the time that I was doing the prep work for these blocks, LeAnn over at Nifty Quilts posted her new tulip quilt. As I was looking at it, the style of flowers and the general layout ...

added by audrey 1 year, 10 months ago. under antique quilt inspiration , fabric stacks , finished quilt tops are the bomb , flower power , melon patch series , ring around

Working It Out from Quilty Folk

I can almost feel myself start settling in to the regular routine of normal quilting habits. Almost. Why does it take me so long these days to adjust back to the usual ebb and flow of things? Probably has to do with the state of the world around us. All the uncertainty wears on us in so many different ways. So nice to burrow down into our cozy little world at home and soak up the good things.

Orphan Annie working itself into a quilt top

It took me several tries to finally settle on the sashing details for 'Orphan ...

added by audrey 1 year, 10 months ago. under a tisket-a tasket , finished quilt tops are the bomb , orphan annie , tulips

The New Improv. Quilt and Taking Stock of the Completed Quilt Tops from Quilty Folk

I've been working on this Improv. strip quilt, trying to get the top finished up for my first quilt meeting. It was started with the idea of it being a baby quilt for one of my nieces, and then I changed plans midway through and went a different direction.

The new Improv. Quilt Top

Sometimes there are certain pieces of fabric that just seem to be shouting for their chance in a quilt. For this fabric pull, the demanding fabric was a mauve solid {you can see it buried there in the middle between the darkest pink and the ...

added by audrey 2 years, 3 months ago. under finished quilt tops are the bomb , improv. strip quilt

About Ready To Turn the Page To the New Year! from Quilty Folk

Got the Christmas Stars quilt into the hoop. Finally! I've been running so far behind on where the quilt line-up 'should be' this year that I just wanna shake my head. Not making a lot of progress on plowing through the completed quilt tops 'cuz I'm too busy making new.

Christmas Stars next up in the hoop

No matter. Christmas Day might be behind us, but I'm still very much in the mood to work on a quilt that looks like this. I made a total of four Christmas-look quilt tops within the last year and a ...

added by audrey 2 years, 3 months ago. under 2021 finish , antique quilt inspiration , christmas quilts , christmas stars , finished quilt tops are the bomb , gold crossroads quilt , stars , strippy triangles

Bullseye Medallion is Finished Up! from Quilty Folk

Loving this latest finish! When the last stitches went into the binding I thought to put it immediately on our bed. Alas, too many blue markings that needed washing out.

Love how the center turned out!

Thankfully it washed up very well and though there was a bit of dye in the Color Catchers, nothing seemed to make its way into the lighter colored fabrics.

The colors seem so intense, it's hard to see it in the pictures

I'm obviously very drawn to the look of circles in my quilts. This center motif was such a simple look ...

added by audrey 2 years, 4 months ago. under 2021 finish , border work , bullseye medallion , crazy daisy , finished quilt tops are the bomb

The Latest Quilty Progress from Quilty Folk

Believe it or not, I've been earnestly trying to scratch a couple long-ongoing projects off of the list. That open-ended, not-quite-a-quilt-top-yet list. This Improv. HST Medallion is one of the projects that has been in my sights for this fall. I kinda knew where it needed to go after the applique, just didn't have the heart to do it in the summertime. You know how it is with quilts of a certain color!

A few blocks organized for the border and leftover bits

First I quit fiddle-faddling around with how wonky the outside border should or should not ...

added by audrey 2 years, 6 months ago. under antique quilt inspiration , bullseye medallion , finished quilt tops are the bomb , gold crossroads quilt , improv. hst medallion , medallion , next up in the hoop , quilt backings

Another Difficult Quilt Top All Wrapped Up! from Quilty Folk

Here it is! A completed quilt top for the Positive Thinking challenge over at the AHIQ blog. This prompt was introduced in June of 2020, more or less encouraging us to keep going with whatever form our creativity allowed considering the stresses of the year. Doing anything 'positive' based seemed like a reach at the time {and even later}, but turned out to be a really great idea. Most of the intention behind what I do is for a cozy, happy, comfy outcome, and it was a timely reminder to keep on trying.

Positive Thinking quilt top is done!

It ...

added by audrey 2 years, 7 months ago. under #ahiqpositivethinking , adhoc. improv. , applique border , clamshell border , finished quilt tops are the bomb , freehand applique

Scratching This Long-Term Project Right Off The List! from Quilty Folk

I have a finished quilt top to show you today, and no it's not the baby quilt. That has been completely set aside to be used as a potential backing someday. Just couldn't find any joy in it at all and finally decided that I didn't want to spend another minute on it!

The little bitty flower that makes me smile...

This quilt top is quite possibly my longest open ended project to date. I've been working on it for so long that I can't even find the start post any longer. I found a ...

added by audrey 2 years, 8 months ago. under finished quilt tops are the bomb , jubilee quilt , melon patch , melon patch rows

Staying Focused from Quilty Folk

It feels so good to check a couple more projects off of the open-ended projects list. Gives me just a little bit of breathing room for the brand new starts. 'Cuz there's always gonna be new projects here, there and maybe every where!

Once again, it's a finish!

It was a relatively quick finish for the Ormes Inspired quilt once I put my mind to it. Just had to grit my teeth and plow through the last little bit of hand work on the batik fabric lettering. After that, there was a very small amount of effort to ...

added by audrey 3 years, 1 month ago. under ahiqhourglass , finished quilt tops are the bomb , improv. , ormes inspired , rhi's quilt , tulip series , tulips

Moving Love Apples To the Finished Quilt Top Drawers from Quilty Folk

So Love Apples is a finished quilt top now! It was a bit difficult to photograph because the peachy pinks keep reflecting back a dingy vibe that isn't nearly as apparent in person. Overall, I'm quite relieved and happy to see this one come about as well as it did. This is a block that I always thought should have another go-round after I finished with my first effort back in 2015. Just took awhile to get back to the idea!

Love Apples is a finished quilt top!

This time around I made the love apples a little ...

added by audrey 3 years, 3 months ago. under finished quilt tops are the bomb , improv. , love apples , rhi's quilt

Still Playing With Fabric from Quilty Folk

Here I am with another finished quilt top. This one went together very easily after the details were sorted out.

Spring Flowers

I don't have a lot of time for writing this post, so will try to be brief.

Looking across...

Part of me is unhappy with the harshness of the finished look, but the other part of me is pleased to see something semi-coherent looking. You know how it is when the original idea drifts away on moonbeams. Finished is better than perfect!

Lots of energy in that border...

The bright, chrome yellow inner border is really interesting ...

added by audrey 3 years, 7 months ago. under applique , finished quilt tops are the bomb , love apples , spring flowers , t-blocks

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