the globe quilt

[mmegaera]

I was going to call it the globe fence quilt (the pattern is called rail fence, and the focus fabric has globes all over it), but given the current political climate, that didn’t seem quite right.

It’s the second to last of this batch of charity quilt tops.  Gotta make more tops!

And the color combination, which was riffed off of the colors in the globe fabric, seems kind of weird to me now.  I’m not sure what I was thinking when I pieced this last year, but oh, well. 40″x48″ (the blocks are 8″ square), hand quilted in the ditch.

Mirrored from M.M. Justus -- adventures in the supernatural Old West.

Comments

[mmegaera]

It's a quilting term, obviously [g]. Seams are pressed to one side (as opposed to being pressed open). Quilting is then done as close to to the seam as possible, on the side away from the side the seam is pressed to. If that makes sense.

[thnidu]

Yes, as I visualize it. Thanks.

[mmegaera]

You're welcome. Sometimes I forget that not everyone knows my specialized terminologies [g].

[threeringedmoon]

Actually, I thought I knew the term but didn't know both seam allowances were pressed together. I thought the seam was pressed open, and the stitching went into the seam line itself.

Although neutrals are not my favorite, it works for this quilt.

[mmegaera]

Quilting directly into a pressed-open seam wouldn't be very sturdy. Most seams in quilts are pressed to one side or the other.