I love to end the week with a finished quilt! Especially one that I love as much as I do this one!! Many of you have been following along, with my Oakshott quilt progress. If not, you can read all about it here, here, here, here, here, here and here. I know, I kinda got a little ridiculous…. okay, a lot ridiculous, with the posts about this quilt!! I just had so much fun with it and wanted to share my excitement!!!:-)
Thanks so much for continuing to support and check in. Sharing the process with you all turned out to be such a rewarding and fun way to create a quilt. You guys are the best!!
But alas, the process is over and I’m really happy with the end result, this luxurious modern quilt. No longer the Oakshott Untitled, but now re-named The Box of Rain Quilt after an old favorite song written by Robert Hunter. Yes, I listen to a lot of music in my late night hours of quilting!! 🙂
This quilt was created using less than half of a fat-eights bundle of Oakshott that I splurged for at Quilt Con, 3 yards of Essex linen, a few random scraps of other linen from previous projects,
some Kaffe Fasset shot cotton for both the binding and the back, and lastly, what seemed like a boatload of Aurifil thread in linen! As for the batting, I used Quilter’s Dream, which is so very nice to work with, light weight and soft. I do wonder however if Warm & Natural would have been a better choice for this project. It seems to be a bit stiffer to hold the shape more consistently? Not sure yet about that one……I just didn’t want the quilt to get too heavy!
I love the organic vertical quilting lines in this, but man, I’m not sure if proper posture will ever be achieved again by yours truly!! I need to do some serious yoga sessions after this quilt!!:-)
The Box of Rain Quilt finished at about 66 x 55 inches and fits just right on my new wall hanging system.
The Oakshott cottons were soooo great to work with. It was first experience with them and I’ll definitely be investing in more. I kept thinking, as I was working with them that they seemed a bit like a silk, so exotic and luxurious!! The Robert Kaufman that I used for the backing and binding, also a shot cotton, is possibly the softest cotton I’ve ever felt, just perfect for the back of a quilt. I adore the color variation in it as well (sorry I don’t remember the name of the color). But really rich and beautiful!
I had such fun making this quilt. I remember saying at one point during the process, “Gosh, I just love what can come of a a little creativity with fabric, and thread!” Ha, it’s the little things in life that get me excited, what can I say! I’m not sure where this quilt is destined to be, however, for now I’m so happy to have it hanging in my livingroom as a reminder of why I love designing and creating modern quilts so much.
Thanks for sharing it with me! Hope you have a beautiful Earth Day weekend!! I know I will!!
~~~karen
I’m linking up today with Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts
Love that orange in your quilt. It make it stand out. Thanks for sharing and congrats on your finish!
It’s absolutely fabulous….I really enjoyed your progress posts.
Coolquilt and quilting!
Fab!!!
Another beauty Karen! I love how you decided to quilt it and what you came up with for the back too. Yum.
Just amazing…..I just love it.
SUPER gorgeous quilt! It was so fun watching this one come to life and it is ever more gorgeous than I thought it was going to be! Congrats on finishing it! I hope you enjoy it!!
Lets just chat for a minute about how gorgeous this is shall we? The placement of the blocks, the background, and that quilting!!! Perfect in every way. Did you mark any of the lines at all to keep from slanting, or is it totally ‘organic’. I’m thinking for my next quilt…..
Ha, Carla, you make me laugh!! Thanks so much! I did not mark out any lines, but I started from a vertical seam line close to the center and then tried to stay as parallel as possible based on that first line. They are definitely organic and very “forgiving”!
I’m smiling at the lovely pictures of your even lovelier quilt. I’m sharing in your excitement about an amazing finish, because it’s so wonderfully satisfying! A stellar accomplishment in spite of sewing machine trouble. I’m looking forward to hearing how you got through it. Congrats!
Wowza, way to go! It came out so beautiful! It’s been such a pleasure watching the process of it coming together… thanks for sharing it with us!
Just beatuiful. I love everything about it. Question, what is the average width of your organic quilting? 3/4″? Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much, I would say the average width was about 1/2 actually, some of the lines are basically on top of each other, and the widest is probably 3/4ish!
What color thread did you use for quilting?
I used Aurafil in Linen! Love it!
oh, wow!!!! It’s absolutely stunning. I just love everything about this quilt fabric, pattern, colors, and that quilting !!!!!
WOW, I WANT THAT QUILT! I love modern and you did everything perfectly!
This quilt is absolutely amazing! Well done! Just beautiful 🙂
i’m so glad you got it finished!!! it looks fantastic!!! you’ve really showcased the oakshott so well in this quilt and although paralyzing to your back, the organic/straight lines are fabulous. how many hours do you think you spent quilting? i love the back, too… great colors and placement.
It’s a work of art!
Oh. My. Goodness.
It’s so incredibly gorgeous. You know what’s ridiculous? The texture you got on that quilt!! BAH – I love it. Your fabric choices, your organic lines, your improv piecing…. There is nothing about this quilt that I don’t love, save the fact it’s not currently in my hands. Definitely one of my all-time favourites…
It’s so beautiful and I love the orange binding. I too bought some OakShott Cotton at Quiltcon and I’m looking forward to cutting into it.
Yay! It’s finished and it’s gorgeous!! It’s been fun following along and watching this quilt come into existence. Well done you! : )
I can definitely understand your excitement – it’s a beautiful quilt!
Congrats on a great finish – wonderful 🙂
Love this one! The colors and design are great and that quilting is amazing. I don’t know that I’d ever have the patience for that kind of quilting on anything larger than a pillow.
I love this quilt. Great job Sis!!!!!!!
What a wonderful finish – I am so glad you worked out the issues with the sewing machine. I love it 🙂
Wonderful.
Beautiful, Karen! And I love the back, too! (Ooh, that orange…) Gorgeous. Keep it hung up for a nice long time, as a feast for the eyes.
And thanks for sharing all the progress posts; I so enjoy watching a quilt come to life, whether it’s mine or someone else’s.
Love every bit of it! I bet it has a great weight to it.
Karen, what a gorgeous quilt. It just draws me in! I love the colors and especially the one longer, red vertical line on the top right! Great job!!!
I love your quilt, and I love your hanging system, and I love your quilting lines. You have inspired me!
this is so beautiful. it has been a joy to watch you be so inspired that it bubbled over into this gorgeous quilt.
It’s gorgeous, Karen! You achieved a nice balance in the composition, which I imagine is not easy to do with the negative space. And the quilting gives it such great texture. Well done, my friend!
Love the Kaffe Fassett Shot Cotton on the back! It really was the right choice. Love the quilting and your eye for color and improvisational piecing is amazing. I’m sure this one will be another winner 🙂
Thanks so much Irelle! Upon reading your comment I suddenly realize that I goofed in referring to the other Shott Cotton as a Robert Kaufman instead of Kaffe Fassett!! This is something I was well aware of, but just completley spaced out on when writing!! Sorry for the confusion.
Awesome quilt. Awesome colors.
That looks so wonderful! I followed the entire time and I had so much fun seeing your progress on it. Thanks for sharing!
WOW, love the photos of this fun, organic, wild & colorful striped quilt. the quilting lines look very free form too, am i seeing that correctly? You are a true textile artist. thanks for sharing !