Fernhill Is Finished.
Posted on | June 2, 2016 | 6 Comments
It looks like everything with my blog is back in action. The previous post went up, then after a day my whole blog disappeared. Apparently my website had something that was not compatible with WordPress updates and this created an error. Thankfully all has been rectified now – thanks, Tim!
After a long, long time I have finally completed my Fernhill quilt. It was another UFO that kept being put aside as other priorities came along. But is was too gorgeous to be left unfinished for a long time.
Fernhill is a BOM by Lynette Anderson.
If you follow the link you will see that I have gone in a totally different direction with my colours. If you follow this link, you can see a lot of different colourways.
Unfortunately it appears that the pattern is no longer available.
For a small quilt, ( 28 X 28 ins.), it has involved a lot of work – embroidery, applique, piecing. bias strips, yo-yos and then quilting.
The centre panel was the largest.
I used a small meander/stipple on each block – very tricky in between the leaves. After the quilting was done, the final touch was to add a hand painted wooden button to each block.
There are four inner blocks surrounding the centre, each with a different button.
The four outer blocks incorporated applique animals, the vine and the yo-yos, as well as their own buttons.
Photos are great for showing work detail, but they also pick up mistakes very quickly. I ran out of fabric to make the bias tape for the vines and had to do a lot of stitching on the curves to make it sit flat. I have also noticed that there is one spot on the rabbit block where I have not covered a join in the vine with a yo-yo. I can see that will be my first sewing task for today.
All in all I am delighted with this finish.
I still have several more of Lynette’s projects to work on. There are mini Christmas decorations calling out for a finish.
Good luck with all of your finishes for this week.
Cheers, Karen
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Fernhill is beautiful! I did one a few years ago but love the bright, fresh colours you used!
So adorable Karen…definitely worth all your work and the detail is AWEsome…great finish!!!
Your quilt looks great Karen. It’s different seeing it in brighter fabrics. Well done. Glad you got your blog sorted out.
Your work is lovely Karen. It has many interesting sections to look at, love the colours and the buttons are yum. I’m a fan of yo yo’s so I think they’re looking pretty cool as well. I’ve been having trouble with my blog too. I can see the comments from lovely visitors but when I go to answer them on email the comments don’t show up??? I don’t know why that happens but it never used to. I can at least look back and see the comments on the blog to answer them.
Wow Karen such beautiful work ,I love all the detail you have put into this one my friend xx
what a lovely quilt and yes a lot of work for a small piece – so worth it though. I also find filling in on smaller pieces like that with fmq is a challenge – the stipple is a wonderful go to for that.
I just love it…
Hugz