The Big Zig!!!

It is quilted and the binding has been stitched! 

I am calling this one the Big Zig!

I have done a couple of other Zig Zag Quilts over the past several years...

here, here, and here. 

Here are the details...

The colors I chose for the Big Zig are: Snow for the solid areas, aqua/blue, grey, and orange.

I have used about 30 different fabrics.

Each half square triangle is about 5.5 inches square.

There are 100 half square triangles.

The overall size is about 56 inches X 56 inches.

It is hand quilted with perle cotton {Valdani} - in red/orange, grey, orange.

100% cotton Batting.

The back is an aqua tiny gingham.

  

The binding is Flea Market Fancy.

Hand stitched on the back.

Yay!  One more to check off my list!

Cheers!

mary



Details Coming....

It has been a busy week...but I just finished the quilting and now on to the binding....

Quilted with size 8 Valdani Perle Cotton....

I use Fons and Porter Utility Needles....

More details later....this one is called the Big Zig!

Have a wonderful weekend!

mary

Coin Quilt....

Lest you think I have been sitting back with my feet up and eating bon bons, while Molly does all the heavy lifting.....hee, hee....well maybe I have just a little ;)

My little sample for the shoppe is finished....pieced, quilted, bound and delivered....

This is a Coin Quilt using the very sweet Birch fabric....Storyboek.....

This quilt has 5 stacks of coins separated by a lovely muted grey whale fabric...

I quilted this with Aurifil 12 wt. cotton thread in an ivory color....BTW.....look for an exciting giveaway coming soon!!!!

This is a heavier thread than I usually quilt with {in the machine} so I was a little worried that it may just shred as it passed through the needle...but Aurifil is such fantastic thread it worked like a dream!!!

After machine quilting with 'organic' straight lines....I added several rows of pick stitching with perle cotton.  The pick stitching travels in the opposite direction of the machine quilting.

I used white kona for the back, pieced with selections of Storyboek....

added a little log cabin...

And, inspired by Molly, I pieced the binding....

I have to say...I love the materials used in this quilt.  From the Organic Birch Fabric {I wish you could feel this fabric}, to the AMAZING Aurifil thread, to the sweet added touch of Valdani Perle Cotton....

This was a great quick project...now I need to get back to my spiderweb quilt....

and my Grandmother's Flower Garden....whew!

So stay tuned....I will be conducting my first ever giveaway {details coming soon}.... yee-haw!

I leave you with one last look at the Storyboek Coin Quilt...

Happy Tuesday!

mary