I think I mentioned in my last post that I was going to take an online break until July 17th. Well, I was able to finish the Sunrise Sherbet quilt during my break, I have a lot to share in the next few weeks, AND I had enough time after getting home from our camping trip to get a blog post written for today. So, I’m happy to share the finished Sunrise Sherbet improv quilt with you today!
Sunrise Sherbet – Photo on the side of Harter Mountain taken by Michael Fuchs
With a late night push to finish, I was able to get Sunrise Sherbet completed before my husband and I left for a camping vacation. It was lovely to be out in nature for a week. And given how windy (and dry) it is around me locally, I was pretty excited by the prospect of taking the quilt with me for some finish photography. This time around, I was the one holding the quilt and my husband took the photographs.
Sunrise Sherbet – Photo by Michael Fuchs
When it came time to select a binding for the quilt, my husband thought that the extra batting around the sides of the quilt (a light color) framed it nicely and suggested that I audition yellow. I had just enough of the middle yellow value (or perhaps a really similar fabric to the middle value; it might be a different manufacturer), and I really like how it framed this piece. Since the quilt is destined to be a wall hanging for us, having a lighter binding was not something that concerned me.
Sunrise Sherbet – Photo on the side of Harter Mountain taken by Michael Fuchs
We traveled with the quilt and it got a bit wrinkled as time wore on, but somehow the wrinkles work with the angled lines of the skinny strip piecing. Or so I’m telling myself!
Sunrise Sherbet Quilting
For the quilting, I used all 9 matching or near matching thread colors that I shared in my last post about Sunrise Sherbet, and I used the inserted yellow piecing as guidelines for straight line quilting. In some places, the quilting lines are as close as ⅛” apart, and in others they are as far apart as ⅜”. In order to avoid burying a lot of threads, I quilted to a change of fabric color and then simply quilted in the ditch to move down and start quilting the next line.
Sunrise Sherbet – Improv Wall Hanging
The quilt finished at 31½” wide by 38¼” tall and fills the wall space at the top of our stairs in just the way I had hoped. There isn’t a lot of natural light for us (my sewing studio has the only south facing exterior window in our upstairs area), so adding this touch of color and brightness here makes a big difference.
Sunrise Sherbet – Photo Above Honey Lake taken by Michael Fuchs
While we didn’t take any photos of the quilt at sunrise, we did manage to capture this photograph at sunset! Many thanks to my husband for his photography while we were traveling.
Linking up with Needle and Thread Thursday, TGIFF, Finished or Not Friday, and Beauties Pageant.
Sounds like you had a wonderful vacation. The quilt is beautiful, I especially enjoyed the photo above Honey Lake.
The scenery and quilt are both beautiful! Sounds like you had a lovely camping trip.
Beautiful quilt finish! Love the photos too
A very nice way to bring the sunrise into the house. It’s a gorgeous finish! Glad you had a great camping trip and electronics break.
What a fun finish. I love the colors, and the design (and I didn’t see the wrinkles). Glad you enjoyed your break and camping trip!
I really love this finish and it looks so nice hanging in your home. Fun you were able to get photos while you were traveling!
You got photos in some gorgeous locations!!! It is a beautiful quilt. I like the light binding too – I think it draws out the lights in the quilt. Look forward to seeing your Camping Photos!!!
This is a wonderful quilt and it looks perfect in the space allotted to it. I appreciate the close-up photo of the quilting. When I first saw the quilt and close stitching lines, I thought about all those thread tails that would need to be tied. Your solution was ingenious!
So much fun to watch the quilt travel with you on your camping journey. The sunset set picture is particularly stunning.
What a great quilt for the top of your stairs. It fits the space perfectly, and those colors are just yummy!
Congrats on your finish! I love the fresh and happy vibe and I am sure it brightens up your space. The outdoor pictures are also great. Hope you two had an awesome trip. xo
Very pretty colors. Yellow inserts are bold, as is the fact of them. Inprov quilting reminds me of the swirling spaces I used to color as a child ,the freedom of color out of the drawn lines. One of God’s best creations, color
Lovely scenery to photograph your new design.
So pretty Yvonne! It looks just right on the wall. Very summery.
Happy to hear you both had a nice getaway.
This is gorgeous. The soft sunrise colors are really beautiful and I love the yellows in it. I really think the binding is fun. Yellow must be the color for binding right now as I just did one. It looks fabulous on your wall. Nice job holding the quilt, too.