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Sunday, September 2, 2018

Aussie Adventures Top Finished.

I’ve been pinning, stitching and pressing for the last few days now.  And I’m so pleased that I have finally stitched all the blocks together on my Aussie Adventures quilt top.  The borders are on too, and I used two different prints for these, making use of what fabric I had remaining.  One print for the top and bottom borders, and a slightly darker on for the sides.

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I took these blocks away, together with my pigma pen during three different Australian holidays, all train related, writing down places we stayed, sightseeing adventures, and memorable meals eaten.  So there are a lot of memories here.

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Then today I started to piece the backing, using up all those left over pieces of fabrics – it’s not likely that I will want to make another Australian quilt.  I’m not so keen on pieced backs made with a hodge-podge of different sized fabrics, so I’m stitched my left-overs into strips.  Here are some of the strips on the back of the chair in the sewing room.

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It seems I’m on a roll, so I will continue with this project during the coming week.  Once I’ve completed the pieced backing I can layer it all together and think about the quilting.

11 comments:

Nancy J said...

A real memory quilt, love that layout, and you managed to get a fine spell for a photo shoot. Dull, grey, windy and showery all day here.

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

that is interesting for a memory quilt for a travel quilt - did you bring it with you to write things as you traveled or did you do it all when you got home - you might have mentioned it before but I don't remember

Karen S said...

You have been extra busy getting this top finished. It is looking great. Lovely idea to use the rest of the fabric in the backing!

Tired Teacher said...

This quilt is a treasure!

Julierose said...

Lovely memories on this one; it'll be fun to look back on your journeys...
hugs, Julierose

Janice said...

How good to get the top done. It looks great. An Aussie I Spy with all your little memories written in the sashing. The pieced backing makes perfect sense, rather than having lots of scraps hanging around.

Bonnie said...

How fun it will be to snuggle under this quilt and then read the note and say, "Ah yes, that was a delicious meal" Fun idea.

Allison said...

A great idea Jenny. I was not a fan of pieced backs either until seeing a post from another quilter who uses left over blocks / fabric in a panel on the back - and incorporates the label too.
Allison

Michelle Ridgway said...

Love your quilt. Such a lovely memory to have. Great idea to use up the leftovers for backing x

loulee said...

That is looking really good. Great finish. :-)

Maria said...

Lovely finish Jenny...