Last week at Seattle MQG, I participated in what we call a 'Round Table' - a chance for several members to share a skill with the rest of the group. I was asked a while back to share about matched binding, which I was happy to do.
I shared the same demo with five different groups of about eight people, using a glue stick and wonder clips in place of my machine at each of the color-change junctions. Sorry, my hands were too busy to take photos, but it worked well enough! Once I was back home, I sewed the binding with my machine, hand-stitching on the back as I normally would.
The piece, which I'm calling "Matchy-Matchy," was quilted with an uneven grid using Aurifil 50wt 5021 [Light Grey], which I actually thought looked more like a light tan. Whatever, I liked how it let the grid show off without being too stark color wise.
The demo got a great reception from my fellow guild members, some of which had never seen the technique before. I think I even convinced some of them to give it a try!
P.S. It was surprisingly, harder to catch the true colors of this quilt in the natural light than inside. The second and fourth photos are most true - with the pink more of a peach color, and the medium blue more of a light teal.
such a nice post !
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DeleteSuper! I love the 'matchy-matchy' look, great quilting too.
ReplyDeleteWould have been fun to sit in on that meeting and see all the tutorials. This is a cute mini, and a nice finish! Quilt photography is tricky!
ReplyDeletelooks fantastic
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DeleteI'm so happy you had a chance to share your knowledge with quilty friends! It's always inspiring to be able to tell others how you work, and oftentimes after doing so, I personally find myself re-motivated to try the concept again! Your "Matchy Matchy" quilt is simply wonderful! Simple. And oh-so very effective with the aysemmetrical grid quilting, and the matched pieced binding. Very cute! Will you put it in a Little Library? Or do you have another plan for it?
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