New Memories
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Faded Memories
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I've had a ton of fun making new memories with Faded Memories by Moda.
You might recall I found a huge ziplock bag with a long ago abandoned UFO while I was de-stashing & de-cluttering. Sigh! Thought about giving it away but I immediately knew what I wanted to do and kept my fingers crossed that it would work.
I had to call on my friend, Jack the Ripper so we could take apart a bunch of 9 patches!
They became scrappy 16 patches - remember the Angels singing. lalalalalalalalalala! LOL
The light bulb moment involved the following pattern - my ziplock had everything I needed to make this quilt except yardage for borders. I'd deal with that issue as I moved along. :-)
Here's my quilt top (aka flimsy) without borders - what to do, what to do????? Yesterday afternoon when I finished assembling the guts I was beyond ecstatic - I was a super happy girl. (cue the Angels, please - LALALALA) LOL I still had to deal with searching for yardage for borders. I was able to locate some of the large floral prints for the outer border but couldn't find any of the tone on tone fabrics for the inner border. What to do, what to do?????
You guessed it - another light bulb moment!!! Use the background fabric from the stars and make an inner border and then use all the scraps for piano keys. And, to add more interest to the piano keys I also used some of the 2.5" squares to make piano keys. Then I used the background fabric to frame 4 patches to use as cornerstones in the piano key borders.
There are so many other projects that need my time and attention but I absolutely HAD to work on this one. I'm sure you understand exactly how I felt.I'm thrilled with my completed flimsy so.......................................
La, La, La, La - means I love it
(aw, come on, you knew it was coming - LOL)
Thank you so much for visiting with me today. Come back soon because Sweet P, Paulette has dropped the gauntlet and dared us to post our UFO's. LOL
Thank you so much for visiting with me today. Come back soon because Sweet P, Paulette has dropped the gauntlet and dared us to post our UFO's. LOL
In Friendship!
71 comments:
So so so pretty! What a way to save a UFO...
Great quilt and way to use up the scraps in the border!
You're a genius! This quilt is amazing and beautiful! Well done! :0)
Absolutely love it! It's great when things just work themselves out!
Very soft and pretty. I do love piano key borders.
I think it actually looks better with the piano key border. The solid border was too plain.
Excellent save, Darlene, this is too pretty - love the border!
Oh its lovely!! I'm so glad you could rescue the fabric. It would have been said for them to not be shown off.
Love it, especially the piano key border, just perfect.
Darlene, I LOVE this quilt, great job on reworking this family of fabric. I'm normally not a pastel person, but I think this quilt is simply gorgeous..plus I'm currently working with pastels too, must be something in the air!
I can't believe you refurbished that fabric so wonderfully!! I have to tell you that pattern is on my TBM (to be made) list. I have a jelly roll of Garden inspiration I was hoping to use with some other Kansas Trouble Charm pk. Love what you did with the borders I might need to steal the concept. Congrats on the great finish!!
Excellent re-work. Sometime "Plan B" is the best plan.
It's gorgeous! A great save, a great idea series of ideas for what to do next ~ really great "thinking on the fly" ~ and a great finish! Good job!
Now go relax and have some fun. :)
Darline, that is such a pretty quilt. Good job. Winona
I love this... prettier than the pattern cover.
Awesome quilt, and an even better story! Thanks!
Ohhhh I love it too - it is so pretty.
Oh, Darlene! That is one gorgeous flimsy! Good job, lady!!!!!!!!!!
Oh Darlene it is gorgeous...spectacular beyond words. I sooooooooo love the piano keys...makes the top sing. Beautiful!
Hi Darlene,
oh, how glad I am that you didn't abandon that project. Your plan B for this one turned out beautifully. I especially love how you "Miss Rosie-fied" the pattern by adding the piano key border...it makes the quilt much more interesting.
Great job.
Wishing you a wonderful week...I'm already excited about what kind of WISPs/UFOs you'll share with us!
Julia
Love the quilt!!!!
Isn't it funny how we are both trying to save projects we began awhile back!? Your resurrection is simply wonderful! Love the border.
Wow this is gorgeous!!! You did a great job in switching this around into something that you love. Great job!
What a pretty quilt!! A ufo transformation :0) I love the border - smart thinking.
Magnifique! The angels are truly singing!! Bring on the encore!
Wonderful and what a great save!
Just beautiful Darlene! You definitely saved that UFO! :-) Have a happy day!
Awesome Job!!! I am totally in love with how it turned out! High five!!!
I loved the range Faded Memories.......I still have some to finish a quilt with.........
From unwanted UFO to Rolling Stars, great job. I love the addition of square in the piano border (have to steal that ideal). Hope you post a photo once it is quilted and bound. Have you decided on the binding, did you have enough scraps left to do a scrappy binding? Can't wait to see the finished quilt, if it need a home let me know.
Love it, love it, love it :o) Great job and love the fabric!!
Judie
It's beautiful! You did a great job designing the border. It's absolutely perfect. dsb448@att.net
It's gorgeous!
No wonder you are singing!
What a great UFO rescue!
Your friend Jack the Ripper, you crack me up ha! The flimsy is so pretty. I am doing the same thing, working on a brand-new quilt I must work on even though there are so many other things I should be doing.
Pretty pretty!
Wow!! Incredible!! Stunning!! Now that's what I call a UFO extraordinaire!! To think it was packed away all this time...boggles the mind!!
Take care!
Paulette
I love it. Now if I could recreate some of my UFOs in such a fabulous manner I'd be one happy gal.
Your quilts are beautiful. I like the light soft colors in your quilt.
That turned out great. I just repurposed a backing that ended up not being used into three baby quilts!
It is beautiful, you did an amazing job on this top.
That's so beautiful! It's certainly inspiring to be reminded that you don't always have to end up with what you started out making! Good work!!
I guess all that getting together with Jack paid off.
Yes, I do understand why you absolutely HAD to work on this project. The fabrics are absolutely charming. The block designs are quite fitting and the borders are inspired. Lovely quilt!
I like your version colors are so cute, I like them much better than the pattern! Glad the electricity was working well that day and the angels were in perfect harmony!!! Cyndi
Yep! the angels are a-singing :-)
That looks wonderful!
You sure worked everything out with that UFO Darlene! It is just lovely and so you!
My comment is #48, which means I'm not the only one who's impressed with your UFO being turned into such a beautiful quilt top.
Love it, love it, love it.
It's stunning and I love how you did the border scrappy. Good saving this one for sure, it's a keeper. I have the pattern but my fabrics are dark. We must think alike :-)
I need you to come by and refurbished all my projects I've started. Love your quilt.
What a lovely quilt. It looks so much better like that than as the stuffing for a plastic bag!
Love it. Absolutely.
It also reminds me that somewhere in the nether regions of my stash I have a large snap lock bag of Faded Memories. LOL
Everything "old" is "new" again. This looks amazing!
It would have been a shame to have kept this beauty hidden away.
Doesn't this just epitomize giving something, "a new lease on life"?
Gorgeous, Darlene.
Oh, wow! That's a beauty! So smart of you to piece the border, and it looks amazing. That's a very sweet quilt.
Gosh when the juices get flowing, you really excell. What a great solution for the borders. The quilt looks wonderful.
Fantastic!! The little stripe really makes it pop. It's a terrific quilt and am so glad it's no longer a UFO!!
LA, LA, LA, LA, LA - I love it too! It's just so very pretty! Can't wait to see your UFO's (smile)!
Darlene - you should be thrilled - the quilt looks fantastic in those fabrics! And the border is perfect. Good for you!!!
Fantastic save! Glad you didn't pitch it so you could rework it into this beauty.
Way to go! It's gorgeous. I think the scrappy border really sets it off.
It turned out beautiful big sis!!!
It's a beauty - thanks for sharing and reminding me of Paulette's challenge - groan! I need to get going on my UFO's too.
This is sew beautiful! Your idea was perfect!
I'm actually hosting a giveaway now if your interested ;)
Fantastic! I love that you put a UFO to such good use.
I can see why you're so happy, Darlene! It's deeeevine!! Piano keys have been my friend on more than one occasion, too!
Cheers!
Great job! So happy you and your friend Jack rescued an unhappy quilt top. Your new top zings!
This border is much, much better than a plain border! Love it!
Wow Darlene! It's beautiful -- I love the stars!!!
You are amazing!! This quilt sooo works! Don't you it when those "lightbulbs" go off?? GREAT JOB!
OH MY I love that quilt Darlene. It's sooo pretty. WOW!!
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