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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.

Thursday, May 2, 2024

BRAMBLE BLOOM 1 FINALE

 

Well..........I am calling this one
done...
[except for stitching those 
little circles on the brown border...]
😟

I was up at 5 a.m. in my room working on this...
I found that turquoise dot fabric that I've had
in my stash for years...and decided to use it
to shadow it in those little pieced blocks
and separate all those sq in sqs...
the night sky fabric picks up 
the pansy centers,  I think (hope!!) and
I am calling her:

"NIGHT BLOOMS"
Here's a photo in the daylight...

I have learned that making a Medallion style quilt
takes a totally different kind of thinking
and mindset from my usual style of 
working,,,for sure.

I am anxious to see how it will look 
bound and quilted;
I plan to hand quilt it after all this
trial and error work....!!!

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I don't know if I will continue on with #;s 2 &3
in this series of tutorials...

I hope I can take a deep breath and
use what I have learned on this one
and maybe do them?????
And this time perhaps, have a
bit more confidence that I will
be able to come up with
something..

Thanks so much 
πŸ’œπŸ’™πŸ’πŸ’Ÿ
πŸ’“πŸ’•πŸ’˜πŸ’›
for all your
posts and
 encouraging words
along the way...
(visit her site to see all the
terrific variations)

Although I felt like a 
"deer in the headlights" a whole lot--
(no kidding!!)
I feel that taking on this challenge 
has {hopefully} expanded my 
quilting skills...


AND,
 truthfully---

I  REALLY  LIKE  IT!!
YAY!!!!
πŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒπŸ’ƒ

Hugs from foggy SE CT,
 Julierose,
La Blageuse
[having-a cuppa-tea and
relaxing-euse]



13 comments:

  1. Amazing! You have really thought out of the box with this one and pulled out all the stops! I'm impressed.

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  2. The turquoise dotted fabric added a lot of life to the borders. Congratulations for getting to the finish line!

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  3. This all came together beautifully! It's good to step outside our comfort zone sometimes, for some of us it's baby steps and others it's leaps and bounds without a backward glance. Looking forward to the next adventure and hope you'll decide to join in.

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  4. This looks very nice, Julierose.

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  5. Night Blooms is beautiful, so charming. It is going to look especially wonderful when you add your lovely hand quilting. The texture will be so good.

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  6. I think this came out great! I love that dotted fabric that you found. I'm sure you feel great to get this one finished.

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  7. Your Bramble Blooms is a triumph! Gosh, it's beautiful. I would've thought you have been doing this kind of pretty forever.....it's just that good.I really love those pops of yellow dancing around the pansies.

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  8. Good for you Julierose - congratulations on continuing on and having a lovely BB1, it was worth being up at 5.00am I reckon.I should follow your example and get mine finished!

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  9. Yes! I love the additional border and I'm so glad that you ended up liking it after all the struggles you had getting it right. Well done!

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  10. Beautiful job! You have done really well, and it turned out perfect!

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  11. Clever to NOT make the square in a square blocks all the way around. It lightens the quilt. Your final border ties it all together. It’s mind bending to work in someone else’s style. Good challenge for us before our brains become completely fossilized. I’m struggling but still trying.

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  12. Bramble is absolutely darling, Julierose. Well done. Wishing you a lovely evening of stitching. Hugs.

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