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Friday, January 4, 2013

Friday Finish! - First UFO of 2013 Shot Down!!

Introducing: Heather's "Synergistic Windmills"

77" x 77"
Summer 2009 - Jan 2013

This was started in summer 2009. It's been worked on in fits and spurts when she's been home for college breaks and spent all of last summer stuck in deep storage lacking only its binding. It is Heather's first quilt, but I've helped her a lot because it is NOT a beginner quilt. From the self-taught paper piecing to the fussy-cut and mitered borders and back diamonds to hand stitching black binding onto a black back, this 77-incher was a bit of a bear. But a gorgeous bear!

We cracked down yesterday and today with some movies and worked the binding together.



The pattern is Jinny Beyer's "Synergy". Heather wanted her quilt's name to spotlight the windmills she sees in it.



It was longarm quilted by Patty Butcher before we moved away from her in Florida. Lots of ditch work here~!!  Love what she did with the borders:


I let the afternoon light glare on the quilt since you'd not see the quilting otherwise. The blacks in this are pitch. Nothing charcoal about it, front or back.



We made squares out of the border cast-offs from the mitering process and set them into the backing of Kona Black.






So thrilled for Heather that her first quilt is finished! She's got her first solo quilt in the works - a cool depiction of the 12 Dungeons & Dragons dragons in their environments. Entirely her own design and everything. Don't hold your breath, though - she's away at college the vast majority of the time, so nothing's happening with that before Spring Break. 




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31 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous quilt! Yahoo for Heather and her first quilt.

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  2. Pretty great first quilt! Good finish

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  3. Congrats on the early 2013 finish. I love the quilting in the borders as well.

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  4. It's lovely! So nice to have a finish so early in the year!
    Happy New Year!
    Carol

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  5. Very nice. Me too I liked the quilt borders. You look great in a photo stitching a binding.
    Happy 2013!!!!
    Yasmin

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  6. Beautiful! That's a fabulous first quilt to have and cherish!

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  7. What an awesome quilt!!! AND a finish!!!

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  8. Gorgeous! You both look so industrious.

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  9. WOW! Stunning! I love that you worked on it together, Lyn. Thanks for sharing :)

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  10. If that's her first quilt I can't wait to see the second one!

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  11. How lovely to have that shared experience of stitching the binding on Heather's very first quilt. It's a beauty! The machine quilting really does it justice too. I'll be looking forward to seeing Heather's next creation :-)

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  12. Wow, what an amazing first quilt! She's lucky to have an expert around to help out. ;)

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  13. Impressive first quilt, Wow!
    It is just gorgeous!
    I can't believe it lingered without a binding, but am so happy to see you doing it by hand!
    I've never done a paper piecing project and this really makes me want to give it a try!

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  14. Wow! A finish already, and such a pretty one. I admire you for taking the time to do FPP. I love it, but it can sometimes be fiddly and tedious. It's a big "whew" too that your daughter likes it, isn't it? So, four days into 2013 and you've done this. What will you have to show us January 8?!

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  15. Wow, that's quite something for a first quilt! Great achievement.

    Lovely to see that your daughter likes quilting just as much as you do.

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  16. Wow! Very nice finish! How wonderful that your daughter is learning these skills at a young age. I especially like how the feathers in the border frame the modern design in the center of the quilt. Lovely:)

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  17. Love the quilt! Well done odour first finish!

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  18. Your quilt is stunning. What an awesome finish! Thanks for sharing.

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  19. Wow, what a beautiful quilt! The quilting is just beautiful. Thanks for sharing a close up of the blocks, the piecing is really impressive. Well done!

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  20. WoHoo! congrats on your first finish of the year! It is a fabulous quilt.

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  21. Lyn and Heather, that is one awesome quilt! Congratulations on a fabulous finish! Whoop whoop!!

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  22. Gorgeous pattern, I love the movement!

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  23. What a great quilt - I like the turning twisting different colors. The two of you will have wonderful memories!

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  24. Great first quilt, my first quilt isn't looking that good!

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  25. Congrats to Heather on her first quilt! I also kept WIP quilts at my mom's house throughout college, and learned so much from her! What great memories for you and your daughter to share.

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  26. Wow!!! Where can I find that pattern? The quilt is so stunning!

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  27. This is gorgeous. Love the colors and quilting.

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  28. Oooh that's amazing! Love it :)

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  29. That is an amazing quilt, Love the quilt block on the front those are just amazing. Thanks for linking up.

    Richard and Tanya Quilts
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