I finished the centre section last night and now I am about to remark the next border. What marking pens/pencils do you use? Any tips for marking so that the lines stay for another 3 years?(!) or do you mark as you go? Maybe I should just hurry up and finish it before the lines disappear again :)
You can see the quilting even better from the back
I had an email from a quilter in Australia asking how I made my pattern, the original quilt in the V & A is a large bed quilt, this one is lap sized. I drew out the pattern on graph paper from the photo on the website:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128357/bed-cover-unknown/
I made templates for some of the triangles as they were very odd sizes! Here are my rough notes in case anyone else wants to have a go:
I cut a square and turned it into an octagon for the centre - finished 13” approx
narrow cream border finished 1 1/4” then turned it on point
once it was on point the whole thing including the blue floral setting triangles measures 22"
The next cream border is 3"
triangle border = 5” - rectangles not squares length approx 5 3/4” plus fiddling!
2nd triangle border = 3” - rectangles not squares length approx 6” plus fiddling!
last triangles border on top border only = 5”
final cream border = 7”
whole thing measures approx 59” x 66
I have been enjoying working in the garden this summer instead of quilting, it has been nice to be able to pick a jug of flowers each week.