Tuesday 22 January 2013

KISS X!

According to my friend Susan , KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid!  It is a phrase that  seems to appear a few times on her blog and I have decided to take her advice for once regarding the back of a quilt.

She often teases me for making double sided quilts but I am just trying to get two UFOs out of the way or more recently desperate to try something new I've seen and my only excuse for a new project is if it helps me finish an existing project.

Well for once I'm just stitching big blocks of fabric together for a speedy finish and I love it!

Bye bye UFO, bye bye old fabric from my stash and soon bye bye quilt !  My daughter would like to give it to a friend and I am happy for her to do so!

The front




The back






The finished quilt with a scrappy binding....



Details of the quilting - oyster like shapes in the background sections.....



 and straight lines in the borders at different angles....








I am liking the quilted bits !  Not at all what I had planned up until the very moment that I stuck it under the needle!  I had intended to quilt the stars - ah well heigh ho!   Plans are over-rated in my opinion....

KISS! KISS! XX   First of my FAL projects completed!

23 comments:

  1. Oh my the quilting is GORGEOUS! Fantastic finish, Miss N. Absolutely beautiful.

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  2. Lovely quilt! Lovely quilting!!

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  3. Lovely! Great quilting missus :-)

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  4. I like the little bursts of pink in this quilt, it's very homely looking :) And the quilting is perfect!

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  5. I love this quilt, Nicky, and I love your simple pieced backing too. Look at you go, another UFO off the pile. Yay! And I do the KISS rule because round here I need to keep it simple or it all goes horribly wrong for me.

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  6. Hurrah! Its terrific, well done! And well done for resisting the urge to make a fancy back that then becomes the front ;o)
    P.S. The quilting is marvellous!

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  7. I love the bright colors and the quilting was a great choice! Sometimes when you sit down to actually quilt it an idea comes along that you just have to go with. Someone's going to be very happy with this.

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  8. Very nice quilting! I've been playing a lot with different FMQ designs, trying to move away from just an all over pattern, and make the quilting more part of the quilt design.

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  9. Woohoo! Finished! Quilting is fab and as it's going out of the house, you don't have to look and it and be reminded of the plan! It's all good!

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  10. what a fantastic finish!! love the quilting, you have done a great job.
    bet they will love it.
    another big tick off the list!

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  11. She's a very wise woman that Susan and I had no idea what KISS stood for. The quilt is great and your quilting is incredible. Yea for a stunning finish!

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  12. Oh my what a quilt topped off with the beautiful quilting. Congrats on the finish and finding it a home. Di x

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  13. And what an amazing finish!! Live your quilting too

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  14. what a smashing quilt - the quilting is brill

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  15. Oh wow. Nicky you make me love every quilt you make more and more, I am so jealous! I think it is wonderful :-)

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  16. Well done on your first FAL finish - its lovely.

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  17. Well done on your KISS finish! The plaids make it look like a lovely, snuggly quilt. Fsb quilting too, as always! Jxo

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  18. You might think of it as a kiss backing, but it made me laugh - its not far off the block size in the irst quilt I ever made!! I love the stars and the quilting, but the back is fab too!

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  19. well done on the finish - it looks great :-D

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  20. Well you know I'm with Susan on the kiss ethos!
    This is a cracking quilt with great quilting too Nicky x

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  21. so great to get the first finish done ! love your quilting and who needs plans :)

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