Wedding Quilt

One of my & my husband's oldest friends got married this summer so I decided to take on something a little more ambitious as a gift. I wanted something that would be classic so that it would hopefully be used for years to come. After a lot of consideration of different patterns, I finally settled on the Norway quilt pattern by Camille Roskelly of Thimbleblossoms.

So. Much. Cutting. There are a lot of pieces that go into this quilt, but I think it was worth it. I chose to use all solids for this quilt--again to give it a very classic look. I used all Kona cottons for this top.

A progress picture.

Much more progress. This is when all the subunits to make the blocks were done. I have never, ever used my seam ripper as much as I did with this quilt. I wanted to make it as perfect as possible.

The blocks are done! These blocks are huge! But look how good they look! This pattern was great. I thought it was very well written and easy to follow.

The quilt all laid out and basted. This thing was a beast to get smooth and ready to go. I chose a 108" wide backing--the black crosshatch on white from Doe by Carolyn Friedlander. It was kind of unwieldy to have such a large piece of fabric but it was so nice to not have to piece a back.

Here it is all quilted. I did it all on my home machine. Man, I just love that Juki. It handled this thing like it was nothing. It's quilted simply with straight lines radiating outwards from the center. I chose this pattern because I would be able to accomplish it and have it look great and also because it would help me with any imperfections in basting. I worked from the center out to make sure everything was smooth and flat.

I used a print from the Cotton and Steel basics for the binding. Sprinkle in black cat. I love the sprinkle print & need to buy some of the new one that came out recently--the hot pink sprinkles on the unbleached background. Perfection.

All done, washed and crinkly and folded. Just like I like it. I love how crisp the bright white and black look together. If anyone was wondering the 9 Kona colours that I used are: cactus, chartreuse, lime, pond, candy green, cypress, robin egg, water and riviera. I love how it turned out but if I were going to make it again I would change either the candy green or cypress to make the contrast higher. The two colours are quite similar. I love how many colours the Kona cottons come in but again, they are difficult to pick just on a computer screen. I really should get a color card.