Friday, June 27, 2014

Finish It Friday: Liberty Lake

 
Several months ago, I received a bundle of the Lakes collection from Oakshott fabrics. Oakshott describes the fabric in this way: "A collection with a luminous blue warp set off by 16 different, shimmering colourways woven into the weft." Just like all of their fabrics, these are stunning.

I gazed at them for quite awhile, and then when I ordered some scrap packs of Liberty prints, I knew they needed to be in the same quilt.

With 4" blocks, this is a fairly small quilt, 24" x 28". I ended up cutting 1" strips of the Liberty prints, and inserting a little square of Oakshott, then randomly cutting squares of Oakshott and inserting the little strip. Improv, but still controlled. With a couple of blocks, I made the cut at an angle. And didn't like it at all. But that's just me...living within a nice square box.

Then I handquilted the whole thing with a combination of 12 wt Aurifil and number 8 perle cotton. And took some pictures at Huntington Lake.

I hadn't stitched the binding down at this point, and you can barely see the lake in the background

I'm linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts and TGIFF. Have a lovely weekend.



Posted by Live a Colorful Life at 6/27/2014

31 comments:

  1. MaryseJune 27, 2014 at 8:36 AM

    The colors are stunning!

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  2. CathyJune 27, 2014 at 8:50 AM

    Just gorgeous!

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  3. TerriJune 27, 2014 at 8:57 AM

    Beautiful quilt! I love the Liberty prints inset with the gorgeous solids. And the stitching really makes everything pop.

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  4. quiltmaniaJune 27, 2014 at 10:00 AM

    What a wonderful quilt, and hand quilted too!!!!

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  5. AnonymousJune 27, 2014 at 10:14 AM

    Hi! I like also nice square box. This quilt is beautiful, colours are gorgeus and the pattern is great! Those little squares in the stripes are perfect. x Teje

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  6. IrisJune 27, 2014 at 10:32 AM

    I love how the handquilting really complements this quilt brilliantly.

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  7. Archie the wonder dogJune 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM

    It's beautiful!

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  8. AndeeJune 27, 2014 at 11:37 AM

    Love it! Really pretty colors and fabrics!

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  9. M-R CharbonneauJune 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM

    Yummy purple! It's beautiful, Cindy!

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  10. Wendy @ WendysquiltsandmoreJune 27, 2014 at 12:29 PM

    What a lovely quilt. I love that photo of it next to the blue door. The colours work so well together. I love the chunky hand quilting too - it gives quite a different finish.

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  11. VickiJune 27, 2014 at 12:37 PM

    Gorgeous! Oakshot is amazing.

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  12. mariaJune 27, 2014 at 12:45 PM

    It's beautiful. Great photos too.

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  13. SarahZJune 27, 2014 at 3:33 PM

    Oh my!!! A wonderful little quilt!! Swooning a bit over those oakshotts!!!

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  14. Needled MomJune 27, 2014 at 5:36 PM

    Beautiful. I love the colors.

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  15. CarlaJune 27, 2014 at 8:35 PM

    How was your retreat anyway? It looks like a beautiful spot. Lovely quilt again ; )

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  16. charlotteJune 28, 2014 at 6:27 AM

    Such deep, beautiful blues! I love it!!!

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  17. DebbieJune 28, 2014 at 6:40 AM

    Just beautiful! Shared on my fb page!

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  18. AnnaJune 28, 2014 at 10:18 AM

    These fabrics are so gorgeous. What a great little quilt! :)

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  19. Cathy OJune 28, 2014 at 11:56 AM

    I like the boxes and blue is a fav color!

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  20. Cloud CouCouJune 28, 2014 at 12:19 PM

    Beautiful quilt, love the handstitching! I've had a pastel bundle of oakshotts for a year now and still not used them. I want to pair them with Liberty fabrics but can't decide what to do!!

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  21. Pinkadot QuiltsJune 28, 2014 at 5:55 PM

    What a gorgeous quilt!

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  22. Katy CameronJune 29, 2014 at 10:45 AM

    Fab combo :o) I'm working with the ruby bundle this weekend, making a ruby anniversary pressie for my parents

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  23. Lucy | Charm About YouJune 29, 2014 at 11:46 AM

    This is so beautiful Cindy! I hope you will be hanging it somewhere so everyone can admire the pretty fabrics and your gorgeous hand quilting!

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  24. MaryJune 29, 2014 at 6:51 PM

    wow! Those blues are wonderful! ANd then to add bits of Liberty! This is one yummy quilt! I agree with Lucy...it needs to hang where others can enjoy it :)

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  25. FlourishingPalmsJune 30, 2014 at 5:35 AM

    This is such a beautiful quilt! I'd really like to see it in person. I have a small bundle of Oakshott, purchased after you blogged about your other Oakshott quilt, and now don't have an idea of what to do with it. You've made something especially pretty, and that you hand-quilted it makes it even more wonderful. You do good work, Cindy!

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  26. Rene'June 30, 2014 at 1:35 PM

    Love the colors in the Oakshott collection. Brilliant idea to combine the shot cottons with the Liberty fabrics. Your hand quilting is a perfect touch. Gorgeous quilt Cindy!

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  27. Anne / Springleaf StudiosJune 30, 2014 at 4:10 PM

    This is a fabulous little quilt Cindy. Can you believe I still haven't even seen Oakshott let alone tried it. It's awfully tempting though when I see such great projects like this. Nice outdoor photos too.

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  28. Mary on Lake PulaskiJune 30, 2014 at 5:39 PM

    Just beautiful Cindy! Also saw your quilt that is in Modern Patchwork over on Anne's blog - you have beautiful designs.

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  29. antique quilterJuly 2, 2014 at 1:52 AM

    Love this quilt, it is just beautiful, simple yet so graphic.
    Kathie

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