You can almost see the heat in that photo, huh?
and that one. 85 degrees at 9 am? (95 at 2 pm.) North of Boston? Being under a quilt is the last place anyone wants to be.
So in the interest of time, and in the interest of NOT being under this quilt at the sewing machine any more,
I wimped out and straight-line quilted it, even though I am currently on a “eat-your-greens-and-practice-your-fmq” kick. Looks nice, though, I think.
Now it’ll sit for two weeks before I mail it off to a lovely June bride–our guild meeting isn’t until the first Saturday of July, and isn’t one of the chief pleasures of the quilting life showing off one’s finishes at quilt guild?!
Pattern: just some framed squares I dashed together. I talked about the sizes I used in this post.
Fabrics: The pink in the top and back is Timeless Treasures Sketch in Lipstick. It’s awful I promise you don’t want to go and hoard it at all. 😉 Kokka strawberries left over from my mom’s Washi (so if you buy 3 yards, and cut a size L Washi, you’ll have enough left over to make an awesome quilt). Low volume prints from Comma, Architextures, and that Memoir print from Violet Craft’s Madrona Road (which is also the binding). Chat Noir Lizzy House Pearl Bracelets. Sketch in Charcoal. Kona Coal. Other, random grey prints. 🙂
Now, back to the grind–I have another quilt to quilt and bind by Saturday!
little and lots 
I really really love this quilt! What a lucky bride to be. Lovely as usual Laura 🙂
Gorgeous colors. So sophistimacated. I ❤ the back. I am never that restrained with the backing. Maybe I need to try.
love, love, love, love. that sketch in lipstick is amazing. such a lucky bride – and yes, holding onto quilts for a guild meeting. GUILTY! hahaha. i adore this quilt. and yeah, what’s up with this heat… i walk outside and it’s like i’m taking a shower. grossssss. i need to start hexies or something because sitting under quilts is sucking.
love this quilt! and I think the straight line quilting looks great on it! (ps- do FMQ on a baby quilt or something smaller for your first FMQ’d quilt. fighting the weight of a bigger quilt is a pain that you’ll want to work up to). and I do that with quilts and MQG meetings too! haha! you are not alone!
🙂 Kelly
Very pretty -makes me want to pull out my Little Black Dress fat quarters and the maroon Kona that I bought to go with it. And yes, you have to take it to the guild first. I told my husband just the other night that since he hadn’t delivered the baby quilt to his friend yet that he couldn’t take it until after my quilt meeting on Thursday:).
this is so lovely. I really like your color choices 🙂
Such a beautiful quilt! What a lucky bride. Like another commenter said, it’s very sophisticated. Great picture of it folded up on the bench!
For your straight lines, did you just do organically! Two inches apart?
So nice result!!! I like the combination of colors, really good job! 🙂 Jolana
Wow turned out really great! Love the colors.
Can you please send some warm weather to us in the Netherlands? We have 55 degrees here!
Your quilts looks lovely. I really like the straight line quilting!
Gorgeous!
Laura I really love this quilt! The colors a lovely (I love pink in any shade) and straight line quilting really complements the design. Lucky bride, it is a gorgeous quilt.
Just beautiful! I’m sure the recipient will treasure it. Now I need to go buy some of that strawberry fabric. Yummmm!
Such a cute quilt! Very clever placing of the fabrics… the black pearl bracelets and lipstick pink really draw the eye across the quilt. I had to stop myself from buying any of that sketch the other day. I really don’t need it, but I do want it and not just in the pink that’s the problem!!
Hmm… that is a really great pink. Hmm… are you sure we shouldn’t hoard it?