This morning I have two things to show. First up is Ladder to the Stars 2 – aka Deadline II. This is the quilt I made back in October to test my pattern which was published yesterday in The Quilt Pattern Magazine. Not only was I testing the pattern, I was also testing my quilting design. It was an epic fail, so I backed up and punted to get the original Ladder to the Stars quilted.
A very good friend ripped out all of the quilting for me and then I spent the last part of the week quilting this on my sewing machine. Curves in the sashing and straight lines in the blocks and setting triangles. The border has a diamond cable. I used bleached Warm and Natural batting and the thread – top & bottom – is — well shoot. I’ve lost the label — I’ve used it before so I’ll dig through the blog and find the information and add it to this post later. cairo-quilt 100% cotton in Honey Gold.
After washing the quilt finished at 57″ x 68″.
This quilt is on several of my UFO goal lists for the year, including the 2014 Finish Along sponsored by The Littlest Thistle. I’ll update the link when I link up.
In addition to finishing the quilt, I worked on my Jared Takes a Wife blocks. Two more seams on each block to go.
See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.
Here’s the link to the 2nd Quarter Finish Party over at The Littlest Thistle and my 2nd Qtr list.
The brown quilt looks really good. I am currently quilting on a project where the fabrics looked great close up, but when I took a picture of it, two of them were so close together in value that they blend together.
Your Jared Takes a Wife blocks are lovely. The pink centers really pop. Love your design in your finished quilt. The yellow just jumps out and is wonderful.
Your ladder quilt is stunning. I can’t imagine taking out the quilting. So glad you were able to finish it.