Last weekend was the Scientist in Training's graduation. So I did spend some time in my sewing room that Friday rushing to finish the hand stitching on Potions so the SIT could give it to her undergraduate advisor. The binding was finished just before 8 PM.
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| Reactive Intermediates (Potions): Pattern by Flying Parrot Quilts Started December 28, 2021, Finished May 6, 2022 |
This isn't the best photo. We needed to get on the road early Saturday morning, so I had to go with artificial lighting to get any type of photo of the finished quilt.
Trudy did a great job with the quilting as usual.
The background is quilted with a simple meander. The various beakers, flasks and test tubes each have a unique quilting motif of swirls, bubbles or fumes. I'm really happy with how the quilt turned out. More importantly, so is the SIT.
The goal was to make the quilt look like a storage cabinet. That's why there is no dark blue border strip on the bottom. I had to get creative with the binding to keep that look.
The binding switches from dark blue to the light blue to maintain the look of cabinet legs at the bottom. I wasn't able to get the seam in the binding to match exactly with the seam in the border, but after ripping it out and trying several times, I decided that was as good as it was going to get. I love the backing fabric. It would be hard to find anything more perfect to go with the front.
The SIT and I had fun with the label.
Reactive Intermediates is finish number 2 for the year. I'm off target by a bit, but hopefully I can get back on track before the end of the year.
Linking up with Monday Making, Design Wall Monday and Patchwork & Quilts.
14 comments:
Fabulous job. It looks great. Clever trick with the binding.
Totally awesome!
DONE! (Great label.)
A double Congratulations is in order - the Fabulous finish of the Scientist in Training!!!!! and the amazing quilt!!
Love the quilt and how the pattern and the recipient are so in line.
Congratulations to the SIT !!!! Lot of work and effort and dreams coming together and she made it happen.
With your support and belief in her in the background!
Fabulous finish!! Bet the recipient was thrilled.
First off congrats to SIT and her parents. And, wow! Talk about an overachiever! Three degrees? Or one with several areas of concern. (Or whatever I really mean!) What's her field of study at Texas A & M? I love Reactive Intermediates. And, oh that label is wonderful! I hope work does calm down for a good long while. Looking forward to seeing more quilts from you.
Matching the binding to the piecing was a great way to finish the quilt. In your finished photo it really completed the cabinet illusion beautifully!
Congratulations to the SIT. She has a very lucky tutor to receive such a fantastic gift.
That's such a great quilt, Kate! Congratulations on your finish. It's a lovely and very thoughtful gift for the SIT's advisor, and I bet that advisor was really amazed by it!
Oh, Congratulations! It's so wonderful!!! Love the change in binding color. Well done.
Hi Kate, what a great finish. Congrats!
The potion quilt is wonderful! Well done, it's a beautiful finish.
Thank you so much for sharing, and linking up ;)
What a fabulous quilt and I am so impressed with the hard work on the binding! I hope it will be loved for many years by the recipient.
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