Friday, May 04, 2012

A Tabby Log Cabin Quilt for Giles


I made a medium-size log cabin quilt for Giles out of linen and cotton from the scrap bins.


And wool--that dark center square is wool suiting.


It's backed with a neutral silk that came from my upholsterer friend. I never thought I'd find a use for it. You never know!


And I never realized that I had worked out a tabby-colored scheme. But Fitzwilliam knew.

11 comments:

  1. Anna: Your quilt is beautiful and is set off perfectly by the silk backing! (in MD)

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  2. I've got a furry white person next to me doing the same kind of wriggling around - love the quilt!

    Lisateresa

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  3. How do you have time to get all these things made? And hand quilted! Lovely, lovely.

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  4. Whatever happened to Lucy? :( (Not that I don't love Fitzwilliam...)

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  5. Please can we have another blog about Frederick if hes still alive?

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  6. Beauty from the scrap bin! How I love it!!!!
    Christina

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  7. It's lovely.

    I may have asked before: are you stitching with embroidery floss? perle cotton? It looks larger than just thread.

    I'm just today working on a project where I want to quilt with perle cotton. I'm guessing I can't use the same rocking hand motion that I do with quilting. . .

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  8. Your quilts are so lovely... and inspiring. I have finally worked up the courage to make my first quilt. I hope it comes out as sweet as yours do. Fitzwilliam is so cute.

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  9. Margo, it's three strands of six-strand embroidery floss.

    Frederick post coming soon!

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  10. "And I never realized that I had worked out a tabby-colored scheme. But Fitzwilliam knew."

    Naturally... :)

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  11. I love that you used all those fibers in this quilt. It's just wonderful!

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