Another Favorite Quilt - Endless Chain

"Endless Chain" from one of those quilting novels that have been popular lately. I had bought some 'el cheapo" batik FQs sometime or other--you know the ones that are NOT a tight weave, but rather loose, and this gray yardage which was a very unusual color in those days. I wanted to try this pattern, but didn't want to waste any really GOOD fabric on it.The pieces were colored triangles and gray "tie" shapes which were sewn into hexagons. Each colored triangle was matched up with a colored triangle in another hexagon to make the "petals". The backing was made of other pieces of cheapo batik.Here's what the quilting looks like on the BACK. I like this photo so much that I have this as one of my screen savers. Here's the bag I made to store this quilt. It was the "wrapping" when I gave it to my Secret Sister in 2006.

I like this because---

1 It was a real challenge to me, piecing the triangles to come out right, appliqueing the circles in the middle to cover the hole, binding those pokey angles on two edges,

2 I made it bigger than the pattern (STILL not big enough, but the gray fabric was gone),

3 I like the bright against gray,

4 the storage bag was a nice final touch.

I'm not sure my Secret Sister really likes it, but I do.

Sara

My favorite quilt (so far)

Interesting Blog Quilt Show going on, started by parkcitygirl at http://parkcitygirl.blogspot.com/2009/04/quilt-festival-spring-2009.html asking us each to blog about our own personal "Favorite Quilt" that we each have made. This request sent me back to looking at my quilt photo albums, wondering and wandering through the years.

I really like the one that is currently hanging on my kitchen "walk-past" wall behind the counter stools:

I just finally finished it this year, though it is one of my OLDEST, started back when Charlie was in seminiary, using scraps from the kids' toddler clothes. These kids are now 40 and 38.

I like the triangle shape, and especially how throwing a few mediums or darks into the light rows has made a lot of variously larger triangles show up.

This also may be the only quilt I ever hand quilted.
But tomorrow I'll have another favorite! Maybe I'll tell that story then.

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Sara