In my previous post, I outlined the steps I took in preparing to make this Trip Around the World quilt.
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No Passport Required 112" x 122" |
After the prep, it was time to sew!
I don't have many pictures of the actual sewing--it was just stitching square to square...to square...to square...
I worked from two corners towards the center, making two identical rows and attaching them to the previously sewn sections. In this way, I was building up two parts of the quilt at once. In the end, I would join the two pieces to create the whole quilt. The rows were long and bulky, but doing it this way helped me keep things in the right places--correct placement is essential to this design.
These was no fancy quilting design. I quilted this on my domestic sewing machine, so it was a matter of squeezing the large quilt through the machine. I did a simple straight stitch along the diagonal lines for quilting. It is rather plain, but my emphasis all along was on the fabrics, so the simple design worked well.
I am happy with the results of this project. I'm including several pictures of the fabrics, so you can see the range of the international motifs.
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No Passport Required 112" x 122" |
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No Passport Required (center detail) |
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No Passport Required (fabric detail) |
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No Passport Required (fabric and binding detail) |
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No Passport Required (fabric detail) |
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No Passport Required (Where's Waldo?) |
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No Passport Required (There he is!) |
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No Passport Required (binding detail) |
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No Passport Required (backing) |
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No Passport Required (backing detail) |
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No Passport Required (fabric detail) |
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No Passport Required (center fabric detail) |
I had such fun collecting fabrics for this. For the USA round, I bought some license plate fabric with state names and alternated it with fussy cuts from a fabric panel of a US map.
So there you have it--a Trip Around the World with no travel injections, no flight delays, and No Passport Required. Just think--you can travel the world without even getting out of bed! 😎
Great job! Love the striped binding, too. Now to put your quilt in a quilt show.
ReplyDeleteI gave it to my daughter after a baby shower we were attending. The guests still there saw it--that's as close to a quilt show as I will get!
DeleteThanks for visiting. :)