The last time I blogged about Hill Country Baskets it was in pieces after I separated all the rows to swap out the very black black cornerstones.
Now it's all back together again with new cornerstone fabric and new setting triangles.
Someone asked why I couldn't reuse the setting triangles, I had trimmed them down to square up the quilt when I thought I was finished so they were smaller than the size called for in the pattern, plus a little wonky from being in the quilt then out of the quilt. I kept them though, they are in my red scrap drawer and will make their way into a quilt someday I'm sure.
For grins, here's the quilt in its "I can't live with it" stage.
I know what most of you are thinking, there's not much difference in those black cornerstones, there's more of a difference in person than in the picture, REALLY! The pattern quilt was bigger than mine, I think it finished at something like 96' x 96", 7 baskets across and 7 down, I wanted mine smaller so I went 6 baskets across and 7 down. But once I had it apart I decided I liked the square size and dropped a few baskets, so the revised quilt is shorter, but square, did you even notice?
I really preferred the red viney fabric for the setting triangles from my first attempt, it was softer, but I could not find any, anywhere, this family of fabric is a couple of years old, so I went with a different red, still from the family but it's a bolder red. I like it better now that the borders are on.
And here it is! I sure made this harder than it needed to be, but it's done and I love it. A very different palette for me, with the blues. I enjoyed the change of pace so much I even selected blue for the outer border. I wish you could see it in person, it is simply lovely, so much lovelier than portrayed in this picture.
Now it's all back together again with new cornerstone fabric and new setting triangles.
Someone asked why I couldn't reuse the setting triangles, I had trimmed them down to square up the quilt when I thought I was finished so they were smaller than the size called for in the pattern, plus a little wonky from being in the quilt then out of the quilt. I kept them though, they are in my red scrap drawer and will make their way into a quilt someday I'm sure.
For grins, here's the quilt in its "I can't live with it" stage.
I know what most of you are thinking, there's not much difference in those black cornerstones, there's more of a difference in person than in the picture, REALLY! The pattern quilt was bigger than mine, I think it finished at something like 96' x 96", 7 baskets across and 7 down, I wanted mine smaller so I went 6 baskets across and 7 down. But once I had it apart I decided I liked the square size and dropped a few baskets, so the revised quilt is shorter, but square, did you even notice?
I really preferred the red viney fabric for the setting triangles from my first attempt, it was softer, but I could not find any, anywhere, this family of fabric is a couple of years old, so I went with a different red, still from the family but it's a bolder red. I like it better now that the borders are on.
And here it is! I sure made this harder than it needed to be, but it's done and I love it. A very different palette for me, with the blues. I enjoyed the change of pace so much I even selected blue for the outer border. I wish you could see it in person, it is simply lovely, so much lovelier than portrayed in this picture.
This is Lifetime Quilt Number 97!
The pattern is Hill Country Baskets by Paula Barnes for Bonnie Blue/Red Crinoline Quilts.
The fabric is Hemming House by Brannock & Patek for Moda, except for the basket block sashing, that is by Judy Rothermel for Marcus Brothers.
This quilt finished at 81" x 81".
It has 1,334 pieces.
On to quilt number 98, then 99, then 100!!
