Turkey Tracks: “Cool” Selvage Quilt Finished
Turkey Tracks: July 20, 2018
“Cool” Selvage Quilt Finished
Summer is a busy, busy family and garden time for me. So I have not posted to the blog as a result.
Still, I have had some time to sew.
I finished the selvage quilt I’ve worked on off and on for about a year. I chose the “cool” colors–and love this quilt so much that I will make it again in the “warm” colored selvages I have collected. I have LOTS of those now. I might make it a bit bigger too since I like it so much. Who knows.
I enlarged the block size from Amy Friend’s “Circuitry” quilt, found in her INTENT
IONAL PIECING. And I used patterned fabrics around the selvage parts of the block rather than more subtle fabrics.
I quilted with a light grey t40-weight hread (Signature) and tried the McTavishing style of quilting. I was really, really not sure I would like McTavishing as I spent four nights drawing on paper to try to get the scale bigger than one might do on a domestic machine. I have to say that I really love the texture. As I went along, I got more proficient AND I got braver about filling in open spaces. I can’t wait to McTavish again.
I chose this Cotton+Steel fabric for the backing because I’ve always loved it and got a really good price for it on Amazon, via fabric.com. This fabric is an older one, so I was lucky to find it. And I figured any problems I created with the quilting would not show so much on the back.
My intent was to make this quilt a functional, washable quilt for, maybe my bedroom, where Penny tends to lick herself and leave spots. But, for the moment, here it is:
You can see along the bottom where my McTavishing was more tentative, leaving lots of space.
Can’t wait to make “Warm.”
LOVE this! Just beautiful!
Judith Brill
July 21, 2018 at 7:06 pm