Friday, June 1, 2012

Friday Finish - Fat Geese in all their glory!

YES! I finally finished binding this quilt and put it through the wash.
I. love. this. quilt.














I remember spending so much time with graph paper and colored pencils agonizing over the design when I started this quilt.. I wanted to use the warm HSTs and the cool ones to create a ziggy sense of movement across the quilt. I was really happy when I finished the top way back when, because I really felt like I'd gotten the effect I was looking for. I didn't come up with the pattern - I took it from a Fat Quarterly Zine - Issue 1 (see original below). It was designed by Katy at I'm a Ginger Monkey.  It's a fun way to arrange HSTs to make these large flying geese - and you can see there are a number of ways to design with different fabric and quilting choices.

Fat Geese on a fence Fat Geese - detail

I used a zigzag quilting pattern for my version - I'd like this think I decided on this to enhance the ziggy color movement, but I think it just seemed like a fun way to shadow quilt along each side of the HST seam lines.  The back is made simply with two pieces of flannel from the Wee Woodland fabric line - the majority of HSTs also use charms of the same line, but there are quite a large number of other things mixed in there from my stash of scraps and charms.

I think that upside down you get a more zigzag feeling, but maybe I'm just smitten with the quilt from any angle.
Gratuitous close up shots. I like the little bunny. There are lots of little "I spys" in this quilt like that, though I didn't do any real fussy cutting.


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17 comments:

  1. Gorgeous finish! I love the warm/cool ziggy effect! I can see why you love it! Man I really need a finish here soon!

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  2. Beautiful! I really like the way you arranged the fabrics. I am working on something similar right now but yours is fantastic! Very inspiring.

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  3. Looks wonderful! I love flying geese.

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  4. Just loving the flying geese and how they look so different in each colourway - and great choices on colour by the way. Dropped by from Lily's Quilts Small Blog Meet and discovered I'm already following you, so a big "hi" again :)

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  5. You should be very proud of this quilt. It is quite fantastic. I like it better than the original version you pictured. Good work.

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  6. It's gorgeous!!! I just want to wrap up in it!!! Whoop whoop!!

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  7. I love the zig-zag that you put in it! It is subtle, but still obvious.

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  8. Love it! I'm smitten with all the scrappy goodness too.

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  9. Hands down, I love it! I love the warm and cool in the zig zag.

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  10. Oh Janet, it's gorgeous! Thanks for linking!

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  11. WHOOP WHOOP from me too! Your flying geese are gorgeous! I love the way your quilt looks! I'm stopping by through small blog meet!

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  12. popped in from the small blog meet, hi! Love those geese!

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  13. Oh that is beautiful!! I love the movement in the quilt and the wee woodlands fabric just makes it sparkle. Beautiful!!

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  14. Beautiful!! Love the design, the colors, and the stitching! Brava!!

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