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Friday, 12 February 2016

Oldest UFO finished!

This is the oldest quilt I have started and not finished!  

 Well to be more accurate part of it is!

 I started making the EPP rosestar blocks way back in March 2012, using the EPP tutorial by Clare aka selfsewn.   I made about fourteen and Lucy made one for me too!



Then I decided I could not make a whole quilt of them!  I just don't enjoy EPP enough and then there would be the boring bits inbetween too. It just wasn't going to happen.

 So I started combining them with these blocks.    These are two of my favourites ...





When I added them to the background fabric I spaced them out more and added these - which I took from Jen Kingwell's Georgetown on my mind pattern.





And ended up with this huge top!  


It seems to have stayed at this stage for a long while.   I couldn't decide how to quilt it!
But now I am quilting in the ditch for the blocks and doing random FMQ in the background!

 It is a huge and heavy quilt for me to quilt on my domestic machine so thank goodness for that Horn table I got last year!  It makes such a difference having my machine set in!

 I have been doing a little bit of quilting everday for over a week now and I'm pleased to say....

 ....it is finished!  

I should have tidied up a bit!


and a panoramic slice across the quilt - playing with the things my camera can do...

Sigh!  I'm really quite pleased with this!  Not quite sure what to call it - working title was Vintage Circles - anybody think of something better?

 I'll be linking this up to FAL2016 when the time comes!  
Finish-A-Long 2016

This one is on my FAL2016 list here
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20 comments:

  1. Flickenstichlerin12 February 2016 at 14:05

    Congratulations to this beautiful finish. What a great idea to combine the blocks. Love the colors in this quilt and the patterns, what wonderful quilt.
    Greetings,
    Sylvia

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  2. Rose Marie12 February 2016 at 14:38

    Fabulous quilt .... what a clever idea to combine all those circles.

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  3. Karen - Quilts...etc.12 February 2016 at 15:38

    that was a great idea to combine several so you could have a finish and nice that you took the time to quilt it yourself - a nice feeling isn't it.

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  4. gayle12 February 2016 at 16:58

    I love it! What a great way to combine circle blocks. (And inspirational, too. You've got my mind's gears spinning with circular ideas...)

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  5. Chantal12 February 2016 at 19:07

    Congratulations Nicky! It is just fantastic! Wow! It's not the first time you put two different projects together and make winner quilt with them. You are a natural at this. Love it. To me, it looks like Stars and Planets or Heavenly Sky ... just planting seeds of inspiration for a name. Good luck! ;^)

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  6. Cut&Alter12 February 2016 at 19:10

    This is just stunning Nicky. You must be so happy to have now put it all together and have quilted it. No idea on a name I'm afraid!

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  7. marina12 February 2016 at 20:55

    Wow so amazing! You have put the blocks together so perfectly.
    It looks huge!

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  8. Sarah12 February 2016 at 21:14

    Crumbs, its ginormous! Awesome mrs! X

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  9. Kath12 February 2016 at 22:10

    A great job you did! It puts me in mind of a constellation of stars!

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  10. Lynne Stucke13 February 2016 at 02:13

    Looks fabulous! What a wonderful way to finish those EPP blocks!

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  11. Leanne13 February 2016 at 02:37

    It really is a beautiful quilt, it should have a grand name like Piccadilly Circus or Constellations, or something important and pretty sounding.

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  12. Béa13 February 2016 at 05:48

    Fabulous work, blocks, quilting, all !

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  13. Jenny - the lilac cat13 February 2016 at 22:27

    This is stunning - an amazing amount of work I'd imagine. A definite heirloom!

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  14. Linda @ kokaquilts13 February 2016 at 22:39

    A wonderful finish! I love how you combined different ideas, and ended up with such a visual delight!

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  15. Unknown14 February 2016 at 01:18

    Lovely!

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  16. Unknown14 February 2016 at 01:18

    Lovely!

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  17. Wendy14 February 2016 at 08:51

    Wow, what a lot of work went into that! It looks fantastic. Massive well done to you

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  18. Archie The Wonder Dog17 February 2016 at 17:16

    It's stunning!!!! No idea about a name, sorry!

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  19. Carol1 April 2016 at 04:22

    Very nice! And a creative way to find a way to use the EPP blocks. I like the stars in between too. It looks really good.

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  20. Two Wednesdays14 July 2016 at 22:45

    I love this. How about "Be Still" (as in Be Still my beating heart - because it is that lovely)

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