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Carpenter's Wheel

Carpenter’s Wheel by Binita Shrestha
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Size: Lap Fabrics: Assorted 30s reproduction prints and Kona cotton Technique: Half square triangles, machine pieced, hand quilted

Amber & Blue

Amber & Blue by Binita Shrestha
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I made this quilt on a whim out of blue and yellow leftover fabric. I really love how it turned out. The backing is Ikea curtain fabric which is super light. The quilt is soft and light. I also tried spiral free-motion quilting for the first time. It was difficult but turned out okay. Size: 80 x 70 Fabrics: Assorted blues and yellows

Carpenter's Wheel

Carpenter’s Wheel by Binita Shrestha
Via Flickr:
Size: Lap Fabrics: Assorted 30s reproduction prints and Kona cotton Technique: Half square triangles, machine pieced, hand quilted

Last May (2019) I finished up this quilt for some friends our ours who got married. I wanted to make a quilt for them that had the same clean lines and modern feeling as their house and decor.

I made a bunch of HST blocks and arranged in a kind of gradient, mostly greys and neutrals with a few pops of colour in between. 

Around that time, I went to a workshop with the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild, with Johanna Masko on hand quilting. 

I brought this quilt along to work on, and added hand quilting to several blocks around the quilt. 

I finished it off with straight line quilting (my favourite!) and contrast binding. 

I was really happy with how it turned out and the recipients really liked it too!

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I liked how the hand quilting was actually not too visible from afar, but gave a lot of texture when you have it up close, on your lap. I think I’ll try to add more of that hand quilted touch on more projects in the future!

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