I am proud to introduce you to Candy Apples. I won a charm pack of Little Apples about a year ago. I can't even remember where from now! I'll be honest - I wasn't completely sold on the range to begin with. The mustardy green just isn't me. So I decided to just try a new pattern - a disappearing nine patch - with 9 charms per block.
And as these things tend to, I fell in love with it. The colour combo is just so effective! I sashed and bordered it in white, pieced the backing, and put it away in the cupboard. For months.
It wasn't until I was packing up ready to move to Japan that it saw the light of day again. On a whim, I shoved it into a ziploc bag and added it to the "padding" for Ellie in her box. Last Friday when I bought a ton of flannel batting, I decided it was time for this baby to be finished. I lightly quilted a 1/4" away from all the sashing and border seams on both sides to outline the blocks.
The only suitable red that matched Little Apples was this stripe that I had originally bought with another project in mind. But I can buy more if I need it, this needed finishing! I machine sewed the binding on - best one yet! And it's only a little binding - 2" strips. But I love it. I can see now why Rita at Red Pepper Quilts loves using a stripey binding - so effective and hides crooked stitching quite nicely!
It's not perfect, but what is?! I love it. And that's what matters.
Stats:
Approx. 32" x 32"
1 charm pack of Little Apples by Aneela Hoey
1 charm pack of Little Apples by Aneela Hoey
Ikea backing
Homespun white sashing
Homespun red and white stripe binding
Linking up with TGIFF at Quilt Matters and Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story.
Linking up with TGIFF at Quilt Matters and Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story.
Pretty! Love your choice of backing fabric.
ReplyDeleteSo well done!!
ReplyDeleteWow what a gorgeous quilt! I love those little apple prints! =D
ReplyDeleteboth sides of your quilt are lovely, but I must say I'm in love with the backing! :) the stripy binding is very sweet, too :)
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to try a disappearing nine patch with some charms and I'll definitely be doing it now that I've seen yours, Alyce. Beautiful! Thanks for linking up to TGIFF!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it grew on u! I gave mine away as i just couldnt work with it.. Nice finish!
ReplyDeleteHi! Your quilt is beautiful with great colours and I like the pattern!
ReplyDeleteHey, this is really neat. I'm with you on the mustard-green thing, but it looks great here. And striped bindings are, indeed, awesome! Are you enjoying Japan?
ReplyDeleteI actually just finished a quilt using Little Apples also...I love the fabric and I love how your turned out. Cool backing!
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt. So fun and "happy". And "not perfect" is always better in my opinion! :) :)
ReplyDeleteI love the disappearing nine patch! It's a funny thing with colour - sometimes I'm not keen on the fabrics but the result is fabulous and at the moment I'm working on a card trick quilt that is the other way round. I liked the fabrics - but now I'm not sure I am going to like the quilt!I hope it will be OK when I've finished!
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