kaleidoscope

The kaleidoscope quilt took more than eight months to complete. It was my wedding gift to my sister and her new husband. Though it felt like it took forever to finish, I loved every minute because I love my sister. 

Majority of fabrics are from Henry Glass

Tutorial by Film in the Fridge.

The piecing was simple but time-consuming since it is a paper-pieced method. But it was so gratifying to see the blocks come together to make the diamond pattern all over the quilt. I might end up making one for myself.....once I've forgotten the time commitment that this quilt required. 

I free motion quilted for the first time, using an all-over larger stippling pattern. There is definitely a learning curve and my shoulders were most definitely in pain by the end of it. I quilted it over a three-day period which isn't bad but anything larger than a throw size will be going to a long-arm quilter here on out!

Since the whole quilt has a scrappy look, I made the binding scrappy as well. Though it takes longer, the end result was so cute and well worth it. That was my favorite part: sitting on the couch, watching Downton Abbey and hand sewing the binding down. So much more relaxing than hunched over the sewing machine. 

And so, with all that work, you'd think I'd take a good decent picture of the quilt right? Wrong. I was pretty much sewing up to the day before we left for California and so an awesome full length shot of the quilt was put on the back burner and then forgotten about. But the quilt got lots of love before it was sent to live with Brittany and Cardon.

the block stack

putting the blocks together

 attaching the binding!

quilt cuddles

 *And I'd like to thank Sesame Street. Without it, I never would have found time to quilt sans Jacob.