big tipsy basket

Gather Ye Roses is the first finish of the year! Yay! This quilt is the first in my big basket series, but somehow the last to be a true blue finish. For some reason, I was intimidated at the thought of quilting all that 'blank' cream space around the basket. After stitching on the other two though, then it all felt so much easier. Amazingly enough, procrastination does occasionally pay off...

These quilting lines are 'eyeballed', not carefully
measured out for accuracy and precision....

And though I liked this quilt, it had become the least favorite of the three. Why ...

added by audrey 4 years, 9 months ago. under 2020 finish , baskets , big basket , big tipsy basket , big tumbler basket quilt , gather ye roses quilt , improv. woven basket quilt , working in a series

I always think this end of the year retrospective should be a quick post, but somehow

it never quite works out quite that way. Oh well. Time for a glimpse of whatever finishes

managed to come to fruition during the past year! It always surprises me how it stacks

up. Never quite what I imagined somehow!

2019 Finishes (1)

It's been a surprisingly productive year. So many times it felt like I was just sort of spinning my wheels, or at times, chasing after ever single squirrel that popped around the corner. Some of the oldest quilt tops did ...

added by audrey 4 years, 10 months ago. under 2019 finish , baby quilts , big tipsy basket , big woven basket , blue plumes , doll quilt , folksy flower , lattice , make beautiful things , patchwork triangles , playing with scale , rising sun , tidbits , vintage lily

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