Just to be clear the finished tops weren't done by me. Long story short, these were given to my sister who has passed them over to me. I was told I could do what I want with them. There is no way I could cut these up, I will finish them as they came to me. The weather has been gloomy and wet and I wanted to get some outside pictures so I tried to run out during the few minutes of sun over my lunch today. All of the quilts are folded - they were just to big for my little clothesline to handle.
The log cabin is the favourite by everyone who sees it - it really has the wow factor (the pictures really don't do it justice). This quilt is MASSIVE - folding it length ways then again in half I could make 4 extra large lap quilts. The binding has already been attached to the front of the quilt which threw me off slightly and along with the quilt is fabric which I believe was intended as the backing. I would love to do a fun swirl quilting on this. I'm pretty sure this was done by machine.
The second and third quilts are appliquéd by hand. Having made a Dresden plate block I know how much work went into the that top. I'm not big on green but the more I look at it the more I like it.
And last but not least the tulip appliqué, while this is not something I would make myself at this point how can I not give it it's due, clean and feminine just makes a really pretty top.
My big fear - my binding and quilting not being up to the standard to do these justice. It's one thing to be less than stellar on my own but I don't want to mess up these tops.
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