quilting

Vintage Tumbler

Vintage Tumbler, that’s what I’m calling this quilt. Okay, the quilt top and fabric isn’t really vintage, but it sure feels like it is to me. I’ve had it gathering dust on my shelves long enough. I’m not telling how long. Ha!

Originally this quilt top had an additional cream border, which was supposed to have appliquéd vines and pumpkins. I started this before I had done much appliqué and I was not enjoying it at all. So, I ripped the cream borders off yesterday, and just decided to leave it with the narrow border.

Vintage Tumbler - full view - piecefulthoughts.com 2018

Not all things match up on the top, and I could’ve been a little more careful with the layout, but I’ve always liked the colors in the quilt. Some of the cream tumbler fabric has sparkles in it. Who doesn’t like sparkles now and then?

I used a backing from my stash. I had just enough, which made me happy. Enough for the quilt, and one more piece off my shelf!

For the quilting, I just decided to keep it simple and follow the line of the tumblers. I had a variegated rusty orange thread in my thread stash, a YLI 40 wt that, thankfully, worked pretty well. I really like the pattern on the back from the quilting.

Vintage Tumblers - back view - piecefulthoughts.com 2018

Here’s a closer view of the back.

Vintage Tumbler - quilting detail - piecefulthoughts.com 2018

When I did the quilting, I just stitched from the border all along the tumblers.

Vintage Tumbler - quilting detail - piecefulthoughts.com 2018

Once I finished that stitching, I had the two side borders that needed some stitching, so I just echoed the pattern around the tumblers. It worked out okay, even though the stitching is closer together than on the other blocks. Oh well!

Vintage Tumblers - Side Border Quilting - piecefulthoughts.com 2018

Here’s another view, hopefully you can see the border stitching.

Vintage Tumbler - Side Border Detail - piecefulthoughts.com 2018

And that’s one more UFO done. I’m pretty excited about that!

Linking up today with Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Amanda at Crazy Mom Quilts, and joining Tish’s Adventures in Wonderland on Saturday.

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