Wensleydale Quilt is Finished

My main goal for January was to complete the Wensleydale Quilt that I started at the beginning of November as a part of the Quilted Chicken stitch along. I finished the blocks at the end of December and then pieced it into a quilt top on New Year’s Day while joining in on a Chooky Zoom sewing day.  My goal was to have it completed, but that was dependent on whether or not I felt confident enough to quilt it on Elly May.

It had been hanging, patiently waiting, on the design curtain until Tuesday.  After successfully having quilted three largish quilts I was ready to tackle this one.

I wanted to use the Baptist Fan design, as I had done on the William Morris Quilt, but smaller.  I also got brave and used different coloured threads on the top and the bobbin.  The gold looked great on the top, but not on the backing.  The warm grey looked great on the back, but flat on the top.  As there wasn’t a great deal of contrast between them I was game to give it a try and it worked well.  Phew!

The backing I used was a fabric I had actually put aside to use on the William Morris Quilt, as it is a William Morris design from the V&A that was at Spotty many years ago.  I had bought six metres, so still have a little more left over.  Anyway, I thought I would like to use the better backing fabric on this quilt, so swapped the backings.  The next choice was the binding.  The colour of the binding on the William Morris quilt suited this one as well, and fortunately, I had bought enough at the time to be able to use that fabric here.  Win, win.

We took the quilt outside for the quilt holder, but it is actually a bit too wide to successfully display.

He still did a great job.

I’m so happy to have this quilt completed in just three months.  It had been on my wish list, but not a priority, so it is really a bonus to have it done.  Now to wait for winter to put it on our bed.

QUILT INFORMATION

Measurements - 74" high x 66" wide

Pattern - Wensleydale by Jen Kingwell.  Foundation paper pieced.

Quilt Along - Quilted Chicken, who also has a PDF cutting list for FPP.

Number of Fabrics - 300 different fabric designs in top, plus backing and binding, all from stash.

Quilting Design - Baptist Fan

Batting - Bamboo/Cotton

Backing - V&A William Morris fabric from Spotlight many years ago

Thread - Glide - Cleopatra on top and Warm Grey 4 in bobbin

Binding - Ochre Homespun left over from William Morris Quilt.

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