Svetlana's Quilt

 



A few years ago, my friend Svetlana admired a tied quilt made for me by my late grandmother. I decided recently to make Svetlana her own tied quilt. As she has pink curtains in her bedroom, I wanted to incorporate pink and gray fabrics in the quilt. I started with these fabrics:

 

 

In the end, though, I didn't like the apple green or the dark gray fabrics and substituted in the following fabrics:

 

 

I laid out my 5.5 inch squares in a 20x19 grid for a queen sized quilt.

This is the top half:

This is the bottom half:

 

Next, I sewed the squares together with a quarter inch seam allowance to finish the quilt top:

 

I brought it home to Wisconsin where my mom helped me to assemble and tie the quilt:

 

 

Next, my mom and I finished the quilt by hand-sewing the edges:

 

 

Finally, I added a label:

 

 

The final quilt:

 

My first tied quilt was a success - Svetlana loves it!