The finish for Finish It Up Friday over at Crazy Mom Quilts this week is also a finish from my 2016FAL. It was started in June as a QAL over at Modern Quilters Ireland and was the first QAL I have taken part in. The progress posts can be found here, here and here.
It was at this stage for many weeks months because I didn't really like the grey background fabric I had used and I didn't really know what to do with it ..... is it bad to admit that?!!
I then thought that I would enter it into a Quilt Show as a cot quilt so the parameters of size were set to maximum 36" on either side, which meant the border was easy to add.
Then I got it into my head that I wanted to match the thread with the colours ...... why did I do that?! At the end I do not think it was worth all the colour changes for this quilt and wish I had just gone for the grey all over (although it is nice to have some more colours in my stash!).
Time was running out by now and I just had to come up with a plan ....... nothing came so I thought that I had better load it onto my frame and just get started!
Straight lines in the coloured sections first. I did actually try feathers aswell but I really didn't like them so I unpicked (after doing two sections just to make sure I didn't like it!)
My favourite quilting motif was used in the background, paisley AKA swirly pearls. I love this and I can now do it quite quickly which is a bonus.
I thought I may do something different in the middle of the quilt but, after the unpicking of the feathers, I decided to just stick with more straight lines. My ruler work has certainly improved and I quite enjoyed the dexterity of using the rulers and for them feeling more comfortable for me.
I love this stage when it's all trimmed and ready to bind.
I am not sure what the backing is - it was picked up at a show earlier in the year.
And the final result hanging at the West Country Quilt Show. Do I like it? No not really!! I like the pattern and really like other people's interpretation from the QAL but I have to say this isn't a favourite of mine. But it is done and it's a tick off my list. I also learnt that I do not like marbled fabric and so will never be tempted to buy any again!
Whilst I am not enamoured with this quilt I am still very much in love with Should I Stay or Should I Go? I decided, at the last minute, to enter it into the same show and was delighted when I arrived at the show on Sunday morning to see it had a rosette by it - Best Piecing.
I have enjoyed entering quilts into shows this year and have quite a few in my head for next year! x
Oh I think the rainbow quilt is just darling, but then I'm a complete sucker for anything in a rainbow color scheme. But I do understand what you mean, I recently completed a quilt and I really didn't like the result. Its in the donation box now, somewhere is someone who will love it.
ReplyDeleteBoth are beautiful. Some quilts are just destined to be given away--hence we don't fall in love with them. Others, well we DO fall in love with and just can't part with. (Or give them to someone really close!
ReplyDeleteOh well done on your Best Piecing rosette, very well deserved. It'd funny how the quilts we expect to love son't always mean that much while others we could never part with. You may not like marbled fabric now but never say never, at one time I disliked solids, now I love them, we change and evolve and change again. I do like your rainbow quilt.
ReplyDeleteI think it is wonderful
ReplyDeleteI rather like it. The quilting looks good. Do you use rulers on your domestic machine or is it a long arm?
ReplyDeleteI like it! That's probably the one QAL that I've seen this year that I wish I had done. And congrats on your best piecing award!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing your Rainbow Rose - the background quilting adds beautiful texture and the straight lines are a lovely way to finish the piecing off without overwhelming it. And another congratulations on your best piecing award, too; how exciting!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the finish. It's hard to stick with the ones we don't like. I like the gray with the rainbow colors, but I get that not everyone does. Also congrats on the ribbon for Should I Stay Or Should I go, that's very cool.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the finish and entering into a show! I really do like the gray paired with all of the rainbow colors, it adds a nice texture to the background.
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ReplyDeleteWas there ever and office of, The Pastor, approved of or mentioned in New Testament Scripture? No, there was not. There was no single pastor appointed as the authority over any local church congregation.
The word pastor is mention one time. (Ephesians 4:11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, (NKJV)
Ephesians 4:11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, (ESV)
Pastors were shepherds. Bishops, elders, and overseers are one and the same; and they were the pastors or shepherds.
1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; (NKJV)
1 Timothy 3:2 So an elder must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife. He must exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach. (New Living Bible)
1 Timothy 3:2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, (New International Version)
Titus 1:5-7....appoint elders in every city....7 For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, (NKJV)
Titus 1:7 Since an overseer manages God's households, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.(NIV)
Titus 1:7 An elder is a manager of God's household, so he must live a blameless life. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered; he must not be a heavy drinker, violent, or dishonest with money. (NLT)
Acts 20:17,28 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church. 28 "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. (NKJV)
Acts 20:28 Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to be shepherds for God's church which he acquired with his own blood. (God's Word-Translation)
Notice that the apostle Paul called for the elders (plural), he did not call for The Pastor (singular).
Acts 14:23 So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
The apostle Paul and Barnabas appointed elders (plural) in every church congregation. They did not appoint a pastor (singular) in every church congregation.
Elders, bishops, and overseers are the same office and their responsibilities were to pastor or shepherd the individual church congregations.
THERE WAS NO SINGLE PASTOR WHO HAD AUTHORITY OVER A INDIVIDUAL CHURCH CONGREGATION.
Men today like to be called Reverend Pastor.
Reverend means awesome. So they want you to refer to them as Awesome Pastor.
Psalms 111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. (KJV)
The Lord has earned the right to be called reverend (awesome).
Is there any man that has earned the right to be called Reverend (awesome) Pastor?
THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES ONLY MENTION A PLURALITY OF ELDERS IN CHURCH CONGREGATIONS.
MEN HAVE INVENTED THE REVEREND PASTOR (SINGULAR) AND HAVE PLACE HIM IN AUTHORITY IN LOCAL CHURCH CONGREGATIONS.
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Good for you for entering and congrats on your ribbon- I loved that quilt first time I saw it and read about it. I love my Rainbow Rose. Yours turned out really well--love that paisley background fill!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the ribbon! I think your rainbow rose turned out beautifully and I think you've really mastered the swirly pearls. BTW, don't rush the year too quickly, these are finishes for 2016!
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