Sea Glass on Sand

Sea Glass on Sand is finished!



I had so much fun working on this little project, mainly because it was one of those "just because" things. I found those little triangles ("shards") and simply needed to make something with them. I stitched them onto the corners of 4½" squares of Kaufman Essex Linen in Natural and Kona Bone, then flipped them over and trimmed. Memories of Leanne's beautiful Atmosphere were floating in my head while I made it - thank you for the inspiration, Leanne!

I asked for advice on the binding here, and the overwhelming response was Aqua. Thank you for your help! I tried out bits of every colour and found that every option except the mottled print blended in with the quilt at some point around the perimeter - the Aqua against the Aqua triangles, the Bone against the Bone squares, etc.

In the end, though, as you can see, I went with a no-show facing/binding. I used this tutorial. The method is super easy and gives really good results, I think.

The quilting is meant to look like water waves, so I used my trusty Aurifil 40 wt in a lovely Aqua colour (#5006) and quilted those organic wavy lines using my walking foot. I did mark the diagonals first so that I could keep on a relatively straight path across the quilt.

The quilt measures about 32" square, and I plan to hang it over our bed. (Here in the earthquake zone, you don't ever hang anything heavy over your bed, but a wallhanging is just fine).

I'm really pleased with this finish, so pleased in fact that I plan to enter it in the QuiltCon quilt show - why not, right?

It feels like it's been a while since I've had a finish, so I'm linking up all over the interwebs: {Sew} Modern Monday at Canoe Ridge Creations, Manic Monday at Sew Happy Geek, Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story and TGIFF/OctoberQuest hosted by Echinops and Aster.

Be sure to come back soon - I've got a giveaway for you in the next couple of days.