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Hand Quilted Sampler from Wendy's Quilts and More

My Hand Quilted Sampler quilt has a long and chequered past, but it's finally finished.

I started this quilt in a class with Kaffe Fassett in Wellington, New Zealand in January 2018. Yes, five long years ago!!

January 2018 in Wellington

We set out to make the Green Diamonds quilt from Quilts in Ireland, but when I got home and started to piece my diamonds together I found they my cutting hadn't been very precise, and it was going to be difficult to piece the quilt top.

I don't give up on things easily, so I set ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 1 year, 11 months ago. under green diamonds , hand quilted , hand quilted sampler , hand quilting , hand quilting designs , hand quilting threads , kaffe fassett , kaffe fassett class

Green Diamonds from Wendy's Quilts and More

I've decided that I'm tired of walking past this quilt every day, so it's time to finish it.

I did have grand plans to use this quilt as a hand quilting sampler, but I really don't like hand quilting through cotton batting.

I prefer to use wool batting when I'm hand quilting, but I must have had a piece of cotton batting lying around that fitted perfectly, so I used cotton batting this time.

I can see that pieces of the batting are pulling through with my stitches when I'm using the thicker threads ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 3 years, 7 months ago. under christmas quilt , green diamonds , kaffe christmas , kaffe fassett , kaffe fassett christmas , kaffe fassett class

Happy memories from Wendy's Quilts and More

Yummy, yummy threads.

It's the last weekend in January, and Facebook reminded me that it's three years since I attended a Green Diamonds course with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably. I really enjoyed that day at Wellington Girls College, even though it was very hot!!

Kaffe commenting on my plan

I like to challenge myself when I go to courses, so I chose green and red as my colour palette. You know I love green, but I don't often use red.

Last year I admitted that I was never going to make Green Diamonds. I'd cut ...

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