Friday, February 20, 2015

FF: Gypsy Wife Quilt Top Done!


I feel like this post should alternatively be called OMG, I finished this freaking beast, let's have a party! Better yet, a fiesta. (Because that sounds even more exciting.)


My Gypsy Wife Quilt top is done. Finished. Finito. And NONE too soon. Made primarily of AnnaMaria Horner fabrics from her Dowry and True Colors lines, it was an act of love to get this bad boy to the flimsy state. (There are also a handful of solids, mostly Kona, some shot cottons, a few Juliana Horner prints, a C + S print from their basics line, some DS, and maybe a few others that I can't identify right now.)


This is maybe my favorite part of the entire quilt. I love this fussy cut rose nestled inside of pink polka dots with a bright mustard shot cotton border. Some of my favorite quilty business right there.


I also adore this block. Also fussy cut. Which leads me to believe I should have done more fussy cutting, but I needed to make sure I had enough fabric, so fussy cutting was a matter of coincidence and luck, not specific planning.


This is my least fave part of the quilt. One of the downsides to the construction is that you make a ton of scrappy blocks first. Then assemble ten sections, which theoretically yields a super scrappy quilt. I made sure to make my blocks super diverse and scrappy, but I still wound up with this corner of blue and green madness. The same navy fabric and the same green kona in all. three. blocks. But there is no way in all that is good and wonderful that I am remaking them. Nope. What's done is DONE.


Overall, though. I'm pleased with it. I wasn't sure during the final assembly, but my heart gets happy when I catch a glimpse of it, so that's a pretty good sign of love, right?

I'm planning to handquilt it with perl cotton, which is maybe a crazy idea, but yet, it seems the way to go with this quilt. Never mind that I've never handquilted something so large. Never mind that it will extend this quilt's production even further. Never mind that I might not know what I'm doing at all. Since I first saw the pattern, I envisioned AMH and handquilting. (And I'm not the only one! I'm trying not to let Nicole of Snips Snippets's AMH version totally intimidate me with its awesome handquilting.)

And when she's done, and I'm snuggled up underneath her on my couch--or more accurately, one of my kids has stolen it from me and is snuggled up watching Octonauts--it will probably all be worth it.

(Probably.)



I'm linking up today with Shelley at The Carpenter's Daughter Who Quilts for TGIFF because OMG, I'm not sure I've ever had a finish for which I've been more thankful.

24 comments:

  1. Oh WOW!! The colors are fabulous! Looks like a lot of work and tiny pieces, you must be thrilled to have it done? Amazing!

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  2. Gorgeous! Way to go, sticking with this beast of a quilt!! Good luck with the hand quilting! Beautiful!

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  3. Gorgeous! The colors are so vibrant and amazing!

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  4. Wow! Stunning quilt, Audrey. I have been intrigued by this Gipsy Wife pattern ever since I saw it and your bright version is wonderful. Good on you to tackle the quilting by hand and best of luck with that. It will be a time investment for sure, but well worth it.

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  5. That is one bonkers pattern but doesn't it look great! Congrats on getting there - I love it and it would just make me smile to look at it!

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  6. You knocked it out of the park! Stunning!

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    1. Thank you, Sharon! That's so nice of you to say! :)

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  7. Congratulations!! I've been following along just waiting to see your finish!! I absolutely love it!!! Good luck with the hand quilting, I think it is the perfect choice for this gorgeous quilt!!!

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  8. ooh... I'm really taken with this. The color choices & balance are fantastic. Will love to see it with the handquilting! --Jenny S.

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  9. It's lovely, and I didn't notice the blue/green section until you mentioned it. Congrats on getting this far.

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  10. I love the OMG It is absolutely Beautiful! I love it!!

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  11. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    It looks so awesome and makes me want to pull mine out and work on it again (but... later). Well done for tackling it! It looks super! All that pretty AMH!!

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  12. Hooray! Congratulations on getting it this far. When I saw that you plan to hand quilt it, I knew there was a bigger vision at work. I love that it makes your heart happy. :)

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  13. This is so awesome. I love your one fussy cut rose, it's perfect! IMHO, too much fussy cutting in such a "wild" quilt would be out of place- one perfectly placed gorgeous rose? PERFECTION! Cannot wait to see how you quilt and bind it.

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  14. Hey, hey!!! Way to go!! I love the Gypsy's Wife quilts - yours is FUN!!!!

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  15. Wow, this is gorgeous! So many happy prints and colors. It will be amazing to see it hand quilted. Thanks for sharing and linking up to this week's TGIFF.

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  16. Looks amazing Audrey! You did a great job with it!

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  17. oh my goodness - this is so completely amazing, and the hand quilting will just make it even more awesome :-)

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  18. This is SO EPIC! I am in awe that you finished it so quickly once you set your mind to it! I'm seriously in love. And seeing the hand quilting on IG is, well, it's just pure perfection!

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  19. It is definitely a fiesta of a quilt! Love it so much :)

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  20. This is the prettiest version of this quilt
    I have ever seen! The fussy cuts are awesome and honestly even after you pointed out the blue/green blocks I scrolled back up and they still don't catch my eye as a mistake. I think the quilt is perfection and I can't wait to see the handquilting! You are one brave and tenacious hot pink lady!!!!

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  21. Wow. Late that is the prettiest quilt ive ever seen!

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  22. Beautiful work. Have you quilted this? If so, what kind of design do you use? Hand or machine quilted?

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    1. Thank you! I finished the quilting last October, and if you'd like, I posted some pictures here (http://hotpinkquilts.blogspot.com/2015/10/ff-gypsy-wife-quilt.html). I chose to handquilt it using perle cottons in a number of colors. It took forever, but it was quite enjoyable too. :)

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