My Jessamy's 4th of July Surprise quilt top

OHHH Lovely! I love it!

you are the second to finish the larger size :-)

Howdy!

CUUUUUUUTE!

Ragm> The digital colors are not accurate -- the blue is darker and the red is

Oh my, your picture looks like it belongs on a magazine cover! The quilt top is beautiful! Now that I see your big one, it looks more and more like I should replace blue with green and have a peppermint candy Christmas quilt.

Kay Ahr in NV

elspeth wrote:

I am surprised that the not matching points don't show up any more than they do. I tend to be a perfectionist and I really struggled to accept this is good enough. I can say I absolutely understand the importance of consistent

1/4 inch seams now and measuring twice , cutting once. This project has made me a better quilter, I think.

I do think green and red would make a really cute Christmas quilt. I am going to make another one, I think, in Pittsburgh Steeler colors for one daughter but perhaps double the fabric requirements and make it 5 squares X

5 squares.

Thanks for the compliment -- I really liked the small squares on the back of yours -- I have never tried piecing a back.

Elizabeth in Spring, Texas

Beautiful. Love the colours!

Very pretty

And I don't know what possessed me to piece the back! I just wanted to use those little things leftover from the Flying Geese and I didn't want a placemat. I am still a newbie! I did get some good advice on how to make sure the back is centered next time, so I'll probably do it again.

And from now on, I will use Jessamy's stitching idea every time I make Flying Geese. I figure that eventually I'll have a whole bunch of scrappy HST squares. And they're already sewn together!

Kay Ahr in NV

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elspeth wrote:

Thanks for the compliment -- I really liked the small squares on the back of yours -- I have never tried piecing a back.

Elizabeth in Spring, Texas

It looks great! What a difference the royal blue makes....mine was a navy blue! It was a fun project....now if I can just get it quilted and bound. (I HATE UFO's!)

ah but Alice.. it isn't a UFO

it's a *finished* top waiting for cooler weather to arrive so you can quilt it :-) anyway.. it's traditional to make tops in the summer and quilt them in the winter :-D

I love that philosophy!! Thanks! Alice

That's lovely!! I agree, it looks like it belongs on a magazine cover.!!

TerriLee in WA (state)