Having been given a jelly roll and a quilting book for Christmas 2010, there is no excuse not to get on with quiltmaking.

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Saturday 10 November 2012

Christmas Quiltalong - November pt2

My trip around all five of the town's charity shops yielded nothing in the way of inspirational backing fabric for me to use for QuiltSue's a Festive Mystery quilt, so I am stuck with what I've got if I want to press on with this one.

Domino helped audition the pieces of fabric and we've decided that it will either be a darker William Morris style print, or a plain white.  I'm erring towards the white.  The colour balance on these photos is really poor, but you get the gist.

I also need to decide on what to use as quilting thread.  There is only one local shop which sells thread - and even there, there is very little choice.  Hmm.

Whilst I'm sorting that little connundrum out, I think I'll go and do some more on the binding for Granny Helen's baby mat.

6 comments:

  1. I think the William Morris is lovely, but the white would look great and let the front fabrics stand out more.

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  2. Oh I love the white, or is it the William Morris? Your quilt is so beautiful, anything would work!

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  3. Domino seems to prefer the William Morris. I'm torn. Both choices will make a lovely backing.

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  4. I love the quilt! The colors are quite comforting.

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  5. Thank you for your views on this, girls!

    I've taken a middle course (partly due to not having quite enough white to do the job!) and will be doing a checkerboard white/pattern back.

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