Thursday, March 24, 2022

Then Sings My Soul 🎶

I love the song, "How Great Thou Art" and bought this kit the moment I saw it as part of the 2018 Row By Row Experience!!! 
Quilt Info:
Maker: Me!!!
Size: 15" X 15"
Batting: Quilters Dream Poly
Thread: Glide--Putty
Quilting: Matchstick ⤵️ I started the matchstick quilting by marking horizontal lines with my Hera marker and a ruler. Next  I loaded my piece on the longarm, along with backing and batting, and quilted those lines first. ⤵️  
Then I went back in and filled in. I did it freehand so there's an organic feel to the quilting. ⤵️
Interesting Info: I bought this as a kit from Sewing Seeds Quilt Co. in New Ulm, MN. It's their original design. I did all the embroidery while on a road trip in January. When we got back home, I did the wool applique by fusible web.

I decided on very dense matchstick quilting, in order to avoid hand or machine buttonhole stitching all those small wool applique pieces! 
I dropped the border fabric that came with the kit and opted for a chunky binding in the fabric of my choosing, to give the piece the look of a picture frame. I followed Latifah Saafir's Chunky Binding tutorial and cut my binding at 5". 
The back is Grunge with some corner tabs, a flat dowel and a Command strip for hanging.
It's hanging in my longarm studio, another update to my wall hangings!
Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

17 comments:

  1. Lovely wall-hanging. I have never tried matchstick quilting and may have to give it a try on something small.

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  2. SEW beautiful, Nancy!! Nice job on that matchstick quilting. Freehand on the longarm? My mind is blown!

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  3. Love this! That was a good way to complete the quilt with matchstick quilting, instead of hand-stitching down the leaves, etc. This is a beautiful quilt for your wall!

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  4. So pretty ! A favorite hymn of mine too! Sung at my dad’s funeral 52 years ago! Thanks so much for the link to Latifah’s video! I have never done a wide binding. But I will try it soon!

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  5. Another pretty finish, Nancy. That is a favorite song of mine, too. I need to check out that binding tutorial, thanks for giving the link! Your wall is looking really nice with all those lovely quilts!

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  6. Love this finish, Nancy. The quilt looks like a lot of fun to make and the matchstick quilting is perfect. I love the wide binding and will check out the tutorial! I remembered I wanted to do the hanging triangles for the piece I am finishing today - last night - and this proves to be a great reminder. Lots of great quilts on the wall!

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  7. Hi,
    Your finish is beautiful...it looks quite happy
    hanging on your wall. Have a great day!

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  8. This is so lovely! The wide binding and using matchstick quilting on raw edge applique and both new skills that I think I should try sometime soon. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. So gorgeous and love the quilting. And such a pretty binding, you used. Have a great weekend

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  10. Hi Nancy, what a lovely finish! The matchstick stitching over the flowers really subdue the colours of the flowers. You did a great job and it looks good on your wall! Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. Take care.

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  11. One of my favorite hymns, too! This is appliqué and hand embroidery, right? Beautiful!

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  12. Absolutely beautiful! How Great Thou Art is my favorite also. Hugs

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  13. This looks great with the matchstick quilting. Your studio is looking lovely.

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  14. I love a densely quilted piece, and the extra chunky binding is the perfect frame for this. Looks like it is positioned perfectly in your studio to help your soul sing every day!

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  15. The choice of matchstick quilting was the perfect one! This little quilt looks very pretty on your studio. The binding is beautiful too, a great idea to make it looking like a frame.
    Thank you for sharing your inspiration, and linking up!

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