Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Sweet Astrodelic


Sweet Astrodelic is finished. I'm happy to report that it had a successful run through the washer and dryer. It shrank up a bit to 41"x41", a good size for a baby quilt. I used leftovers from the fat quarter bundle to make a scrappy binding.


Here is the backing, a soft cream with yellow flowers and roosters. On quilts this small, it's so nice to use a single cut of fabric for the backing.


I tried to capture the relative "coarseness" of the fabric in this photo. The weave is more open than most quilting cottons, and I worried that I wouldn't quilt or wash well. However, it turned out fine. And it isn't rough to touch at all, just sort of visually more open. The roosters are about 3/4" tall, so you can see the scale of my stippling.


I will definitely donate this one to Project Linus, and here's their cute label. I machine stitched the binding to the back first, then did a machine edge stitch on the front of the binding. Not as graceful as the traditional method with hand sewing, but very fast and sturdy.


I admire those bloggers who take such nice "glamour" shots of their quilts. Mine are...adequate. Here's Sweet Astrodelic clipped to the back of our boat. 


And here it is, held up via the Handy Husband method. Love that post-dryer crinkle! The New Orleans Industrial Canal and a tourist river boat are in the distant background. The boat with the pointy bow sticking out just to the right of the quilt is rumored to have cost $20,000,000 new. That's a lot of fabric, my friends. 


The boatyard is still working on our (not $20M) boat. This afternoon I was amused to see a guy hanging over the edge. He's sitting on what looks like an orange Hippity-Hop (remember those?) but is actually an inflatable ball fender. It's used to keep the boat from banging against hard surfaces, but Khahn is riding it cowboy style instead. Most of the yard workers speak only Vietnamese, but they completely understood me when I said, "I gotta get a picture of this!" and everyone laughed.

10 comments:

  1. Cute little quilt! I'm so glad to see y'all are back in the wet again. Thanks for linking up!

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  2. Congrats! on your newly completed quilt... and your "adequate" quilt photos. Personally, I think your harbor side shots are AWESOME!!

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  3. This is such an adorable baby quilt! Glad the backing worked so well. Looks like you all are back in the water. Know you are ready to be back on the move.

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  4. I think your boat is perfect for shots of your quilts!

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  5. I really love your quilt, and glad it all worked out OK for you. I know what you mean about other glamour shots-I am not a good picture taker and don't have a lot of cute props for it.

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  6. It's so nice to see photos of the quits on the boat again.

    I'm sure the bouncy ball technique is very efficient too.

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  7. Believe me a quilt on a boat is glamourous!! I love the crinkly look too and the stipple has made the quilt lovely and soft...
    Hugz

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  8. I have a different edition of the Handy Husband for quilt holding. It's a very efficient method, though usually results in quilt with feet. I'm glad you're back on the boat and settling into your regular sewing space again. I like the design of this baby quilt.

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  9. Love the scrappy binding on this one!

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  10. Oh your quilt is perfect for a little wee one. And what we do without our graceful hubbies! So glad you are back home:) CHeers!

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