Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Promise of Peace


I finally had some time to finish up this beauty.  Too often I am lured into making bigger quilts, and by the end of the making...I need a rest.  This quilt was just right!  I made the lap version of Rene's Peace pattern.  I used two charm packs of Moda batiks with a little more purple thrown in for fun.  The background is a Connecting Threads solid, Silver Lining.  I really like them, the price is great ($4.96/yd.) , and they feel lovely.  Bonus, many of the colors have coordinating thread that is so inexpensive, and great as well.


The backing is some yardage that I got several years ago while on vacation.  It is a textured silvery purple.  I finished up the quilt with a little straight-line quilting which makes for a drape-y, cuddly, quilt.  The binding is simply a batik in a color that stands out from the colors in the top. 

This was such a fun quilt to make.  


Now I am on to my scrappy trip quilt, and halfway done piecing the blocks together.  I have everything I need to finish this quilt except the batting.  No idea when I will have time to go get some, but in the meantime, I am loving the process.

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6 comments:

  1. Your Peace quilt turned out lovely...and so will your Scrappy Trip!

    Hope you're all feeling better!

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  2. Wow...love the rainbows of coloring...that scrappy trip will be amazing. Great job.

    Visiting from Show & Tell. Have a great day.

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  3. Love, love, love your scrappy trip quilt! and the same for the peace symbol quilt, I am so glad that this symbol is making a comeback in the world.

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  4. Your finished peace quilt is spectacular! Thanks for sharing details of the backing fabric and thread choices. Still having scrappy trip along envy. Yours will be so pretty.

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  5. I really like your peace quilt. What a great idea! Also, I am loving the scrappy trips. Such a great way to use scraps!!!

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  6. I love the PEACE quilt and looks like a nice scrappy trip around the world.

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