Ying & Yang

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Ines had asked for a quilt and like all of my friends she doesn't know any quilts or quilt-patterns.
We browsed through Pinterest to get a feeling what kind of colours and patterns she might like and suddenly she said 'that one!!!'.

That's the original photo at craftsyblossom:

I gave her my sampler-set of Kona cottan fabric (it contains 220 colours) to choose the colours.

Cutting and Sewing was fast work, I finished it in 3 evenings. All what was left was the Ironing and Trimming. Ines asked 'what is trimming'?
I promised her to post photos - here they are!

the block is sewed and ironed
adjust the ruler that the diagonal of the ruler matches the seam
cut the fabric on top and right sided
turn the block, adjust the ruler along the seam AND the edge of the fabric to the left and bottom
cut the fabric on top and the right side
check again with the ruler - perfect, 5,5 inches!

Than it was Ines' job to lay the blocks as desired:

153 blocks
to the right you can see the new summerquilt in the Grace frame

The top is finished!

the sandwich is spray-basted

Ines chose a fancy swirl-pattern for the actual quilting. It's a strong contrast to the bold colours of the blocks.
And that's how the quilt got its name: Ying & Yang - the contradiction!
And she chose my new King-Tut-yarn, this will be my first quilt with that Superior-thread.

Actually I'm not so happy with the King-Tut. I had lots of struggles with the thread-tension (I used So Fine for the bobbin).

That's the finished quilt - I like it!

the label

Update:

The quilt hangs as a fabric-wall between two rooms in Ines' appartment.

 

 

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Comments (3)

  • Sheri
    Sheri
    at 20.12.2019
    Reply
    What a nice friend you are! I want to give quilts to all my friends and family. Very pretty quilt! I love the solids and I know it's lots of work trimming all those HSTs, but worth the effort! That's great you had Ines helping out. I bought a bunch of King Tut thread also when I began FMQ and had a lot of trouble also. I use Glide thread which holds up to the fast quilting speed without breaking and also seems to help curb tension problems.
  • Nina
    Nina
    at 20.12.2019
    Reply
    Sheri,
    Thank you for your friendly comment! Usually I FMQ with Mettler thread or monofilament. Both work fine with me. What is Glide thread? I'd like to give it a try!
  • Myra @ Busy Hands Quilts
    Myra @ Busy Hands Quilts
    at 20.12.2019
    Reply
    It is such a striking quilt!

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