Friday, January 8, 2010

The Quilting Begins

Even though the deadline for hexagons to arrive was 1 December, parcels continue to arrive.  The have been a number of stitching days where groups of ladies have gathered to stitch sections of hexagons together.  These are fun days with lunch being provided by Sew Creative to sustain these enthusiastic "joiners of the hexagons!"


The first sections have been sent to Lyn Crump, the brave long arm quilter, who has offered to quilt the Hexagon Quilts.

The quilt will be machine quilted in 2 metre sections has then these sections will be joined together.


As you can see, the green hexagons are really unifying all the different colours used in the blocks.


At this point it is estimated that the quilt will be over 100 metres long!!  Way beyond the original plans and expectations.  I will keep you posted on the continuing progress.

Christine
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3 comments:

  1. Its great to see how the quilt is going. What a huge task...and fantastic to see some of it being put together

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  2. What a big job. Doing the quilting . That was good of Lyn to do it on her longarm machine. I bet you are glad that you do not have to hand quilt it.

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  3. I amso proud to be part of this challenge! Well done to all the ladies involved in the project.Best wishes from England

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