Tuesday, 1 September 2009

One degree of separation

I've finally finished the hexagon magic quilt I made last spring and quilted on Joyce's mid-arm machine on a frame in June. On Sunday I was invited to a quilt retreat, and I accomplished what I set out to do. I finished the binding on the hexagon quilt, and I basted my Words Fail Me quilt, which will be my fall and winter hand quilting project.
This hexagon quilt, named "One Degree of Separation" is going to a friend (who may lurk here) but the reason for the name is how each hexagon relates to six others and they relate to six others and so it goes. Just like people -- I know someone who knows someone who knows.... You get the idea. This quilt was made entirely from scraps from my mother -- very 80s and 90s, but I like the effect anyway. The quilters this weekend all had different favourites in the prints.

I was a beginner on the machine, but as I got more confident, I did quilt the word "Love" in several places. You can see the O and V in the light hexagon in the middle.
Here it is relaxing on my porch rocker. The back is a dark green check in flannel, which hides my quilting mistakes nicely. The binding is the same black print in the inner border. It measures 55 by 60 and has a bamboo batting.



7 comments:

Lee D said...

oh I like this one. Are the hexagons hand pieced or machined?

Donna said...

so glad you were able to get this one finished up -- congrats!

Sharon said...

This looks great. I've never seen hexagons done that way! And I think your quilting looks good. How did you like the bamboo batting?

Vivian said...

Now & then I'll write words when I'm quilting, sometimes hidden and sometimes easy to spot. Telling a youngster to find what I've stitched in his Q is great fun.
Love the hexagons.

Joyce said...

Looking good and even better in person. See you tomorrow.

Tonya Ricucci said...

fun quilting!

Rosalyn Manesse said...

this quilt is outstanding and a model of patience! I have to find out about the bamboo batting--never heard of it before

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