Monday, September 9, 2013

the swoon {a finish}

My Swoon quilt is finally finished, yay! It's been such a long time since I finished anything larger than a baby quilt, so it feels especially good to have this giant crossed off my wip list :)


I first started working on this quilt way back in June. I so enjoyed picking fabric and slowly sewing each and every one of these blocks.


All was going well. I assembled my quilt top, backed it with lovely AMH flannel, I even started hand quilting some of the blocks, when I realized that the fabric I used for one of the stars (middle row on the right) was going to bleed when washed :( I used this dark red fabric in another small project and after washing it the color bled all over, pretty much ruining the whole thing.

I knew some serious "quilt surgery" was the only way to go. I carefully removed the offending block, made a new block, and successfully patched the whole quilt top up, phew!!! OK, it was a lot harder than I made it look right now. There was sashing involved, and 505 sticky spray, and the batting and backing - it was no fun, I tell you.


I then went back to hand quilting, outlining each middle star as well as the outside of the main block.


I decided to go with light aqua binding at first, but it did not feel right. So, once again, my seam ripper got busy and I replaced the light colored binding with this dark navy one. Aaaah, much better! I think the dark binding pulls all these colorful blocks into one cohesive quilt.


All in all, a pretty rocky way to get to the finished quilt, but finished it is and looking mighty well, if I say so myself :)

Finished size of this quilt is about 76" x 76" and the pattern is by Camille Roskeley.

And, since it's neither practical nor reasonable to keep every single quilt I make, I decided to list this lovely scrappy Swoon in my etsy store.

Thanks for reading. Svetlana

28 comments:

  1. Oh my! How committed you were to getting this beautiful quilt just right! I know it will be snapped up in no time! Jxo

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  2. Svetlanko, ta deka je tak nadherna a ty se ji chces vzdat? Moc se ti povedla, to prositi je krasne a latka na zadni strane vcetne lemu... proste celek moooc krasny!!! Deka bude delat radost! :)
    Mej se krasne, Jola

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  3. Beautiful! Amazing backing choice and that binding fabric is my favourite. Your blocks and quilting are fabulous and honestly I prefer it to the original!

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  4. Nightmare creation, but the end result looks fab!

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  5. I don't think I've seen a Swoon I haven't liked - yours looks great. Well done on finishing it.

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  6. it's gorgeous! I need to decide what fabric I want to use when I finally begin to swoon!

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  7. It is lovely, Svetlana, and worth all the trouble. I have performed quilt surgery post-quilting, so I know what you're talking about. It's a less than ideal way to work. :) Someone will have a beautifully dressed bed!

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  8. So beautiful. It sounds like such a pain to fix but it is so good to that you found out in time that the fabric bleeds.

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  9. It's absolutely stunning. What a rough go of it, though! Glad you pulled through, tackled the hurdles and came out a winner :D

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  10. Wow - glad you realized that before you washed it - yikes!!! That quilt is so beautiful - even more so with the hand-quilting.

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  11. Wonderful colors - I love the composition of your quilt. Nice job!

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  12. Very very nice Svetlana. I love the bright colours and the hand stitching. Hopefully someone snatches it up!

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  13. Oh no! That must have been a big job to "simply" remove and redo that part. Well done!

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  14. Oh wow! Amazing. This patterns is stunning and looks spectacular in the fabrics you choose. Three cheers for you!

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  15. So pretty, I just love all the hand quilting stitches on this quilt.

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  16. Your efforts were well worth it. Gorgeous!

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  17. This is soooo pretty! Having made one, I know what an accomplishment this is! So pleased for you - a wonderful finish!

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  18. I can't even begin to imagine trying to pull a block out of a quilt. YIKES!! Yeah to you. I use color catchers when I wash my quilts and I've never had a red or navy bleed into my quilt yet. They are AMAZING!!!!

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  19. Swoon block is my favourite! Really nice quilt

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  20. Beautiful, Svetlana! So impressed with the block switch--I can only imagine what a pain that was. I love seeing the quilt on the bed. I always forget how big the swoon blocks are until there's that kind of perspective.

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  21. So, so beautiful Svetlana. And I agree, that darker binding is just perfect. I particularly love the block with the orange feathers in the center.

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  22. So, so beautiful Svetlana. And I agree, that darker binding is just perfect. I particularly love the block with the orange feathers in the center.

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  23. Your Swoon is just beautiful! I can't believe all the extra work you had to do, but it was worth it. Fab finish.

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  24. Good thing you found out about the red fabric before it was too late! This quilt is gorgeous, as usual;)

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  25. This is beautiful. I love the colors. I can't believe it's still available over a week later.

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  26. So, so gorgeous, Svetlana! I have GOT to make one of these quilts some time!

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