Sunday, January 13, 2013

"Marcia Squared"


"Marcia Squared"
Quilted Tablecloth created for the Project Quilting Season Four Challenge ONE -- Square in a Square.
Marcia Wachuta
Marcia's Crafty Sewing and Quilting
Boscobel, Wisconsin
I chose to use different sizes of squares in the centers of my blocks to create an offset look. Light centers, medium light blue for one side and then a medium blue for the other two sides. Then a dark blue for the lattice strips. I staggered my blocks in each row to offset those too! finishing the outside with a medium blue border and binding to complete my quilted tablecloth.
I choose to work with blues, because it was comfortable for me for the first challenge.
Here is my post on how I constructed the blocks and the quilt.
I finished the quilting right before the Packer Game last night.

I finished the binding this morning.




Thanks for the help selecting the backing fabric.









Love the colorful backing fabric with my dishes!













Just got these blue bowls for Christmas. I may have to cook sometime and use them.  Or just take photos of them with quilts.




 And thanks for help with the name --- "Marcia Squared"


I shared the construction of my blocks and quilt - here
Thanks Kim for the another fun challenge for Project Quilting! If you would like to see all the Quilted Projects created for the Square in a Square challenge click here.

Enjoy your day!

Marcia

11 comments:

beaquilter said...

very cute, I love blues!
never did binding that way, always sew on to the back by hand, but I DO have that stitch on my machine, worth a try...

Vroomans' Quilts said...

This came out so lovely - and dual purpose is always a plus. Oh, that is close to the blue thread I used. This was a fun experience for me and I look forward to the next challenge.

rubyslipperz1052 said...

OK... I gotta say I LOVE blues too! I can never get tired of looking at things made with blue. I really love your "squared" quilt!! it's great! I'm feeling strongly inspired to try one of these quilts...and I think I want to do blue too!

thanks for the ALL the lovely pictures...so many pretty things to look at. =)

hugZ,
annie

Sue said...

You are so talented! Love it!!

Sue said...

You are so talented! Love it!!

Love Of Quilts said...

lovely,lovely quilt!

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

How beautiful and of course your quilting is fantastic!

Anonymous said...

Your submission was so pretty and I love the backing!

Jocelyn said...

Your quilt is awesome! Love the colors and the layout. I am a new follower. I hope you will hop over to my blog and follow me :-)

Linda said...

Very nice quilt! Love the backing fabric. It's a perfect choice.

Carla said...

I love all the pictures with you dishes. Beautiful quilt with very nice quilting. I'm your newest follower. Can't wait to see more...