Thursday 14 January 2016

LA PASSACAGLIA

An update on La Pass, nearly finished piecing the border, then to square it up with a little bit of help from my friend Shirley.

I will get it machine basted so I can hand quilt.  I am a bit more relaxed about this quilt now that I have a ton of the border material (not easy to find).


6 comments:

  1. It's looking great Robyn. So nearly finished, but it must be hot to work on this in Melbourne in summer.

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    1. Yes Wendy, especially yesterday it was 43 degrees, although I have a huge table in my sewing room and it takes the weight of the quilt, so I can work on it anytime.

      Not sure if I have fixed the no comment on my blog, but I did what you suggested, so I am hoping it's ok. Good to hear from you Wendy...:-)

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  2. That looks incredible! Nice job! Where do you find the border material for this? I can't wait to try one of my own - I ordered the book and have been working on hexies for a long time.

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    1. Thank you for the comments Becca. There is a story behind the border material...I was going to make the border in different shades of grey and a girlfriend said no, make it all in one colour, which I am happy I did, but I only had 1/2 a metre. Well as you have probably guessed, I could not find it again. I had also pieced 1.1/2 sides and didn't want to unpick it, so I searched everywhere and in the end a friend found it in Sydney and got it sent to Melbourne and I almost cried when it got here.

      This is a very satisfying pattern, fussy cutting is optional, but my preference and certainly creates added interest. I enjoyed every minute making this quilt and hope you enjoy it as much as I did...:-)

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  3. A stunning quilt for sure. I am also a fussy cutting addict. There's just so much to look at in the quilt. It looks like you plan to leave the grey as a wide border - I like that idea...

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    1. Thank you again for the comments Sarah.
      I have been fussy cutting for 15-20 years and the addiction still has not wavered.
      I am planning on squaring off the the grey, but don't mind it being wider. I have really enjoyed piecing the border, it's a bit like a jigsaw puzzle....:-)

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