Friday 5 April 2013

A Fontastic Finish!

 It’s done! Fontastic is finished! And it really looks fabulous! What a wonderful group effort this one has been! Ready for an inundation of photos? Yep, me too.

Fontastic in the garden

Ready for the big unveil? Can I just say how hard it is to photograph a quilt that is this big?

Fontastic Finished

Here it is complete! With every word block on its top! yay! 33 words made by 28 different quilters. This quilt all came about thanks to the brilliant idea of my lovely friend Erin. I needed the Just My Type alphabet pattern tested but wasn’t sure how to approach it. She suggested a word quilt with various testers making inspirational and encouraging words.

Words words words

With the help of the Wombats, we came up with a list of words that included every letter of the alphabet. Impressive no? Perfect way to test an alphabet pattern! Then of course we had to have upper and lower case tested! That’s a lotta words! But I did enjoy going to the post office to pick up the parcels as they arrived (thank you for the extra treats included too, my generous friends!).

Better colours

This is a more accurate shot of the colour. Unfortunately it was also falling off the fence. I did have a chuckle at Miss nearly 3 standing there with a big frown on her face saying “Naughty wind! No!”. It’s better than what I said when it fell off the fence. ;)

Simply Color borders

I wanted to use all the words on the one quilt. So there was plenty of length, but I needed to add just a smidge to the width, hence the borders. Plus the Simply Color really tied the colours of the quilt together beautifully.

And there is one extra addition to the words. A gorgeous 7 pointed star designed and made by my lovely friend Esther. Check out her blog post for details and the free pattern – have a look at Esther’s other gorgeous patterns while you’re there!

A heap of fontastic

Disaster did strike while I was basting this one (basted on my dining table – geez so much easier than crawling around on the floor!!). I thought I didn’t have enough backing. With a bit of creative trimming, I managed to make it work. Just. Like 1/2” just.

excess backing ha!

I really didn’t want to piece the back. I liked it all one solid charcoal fleece colour.

Snuggling backing

And I really suck at trying to make straight lines in the middle of backing. So I’m happy I made it work. The fleece is so lovely and snuggly – and kindly donated by a lovely friend for this quilt.

Fontastic laid out

Here’s an indoor shot to show the size. The bed is a king single and the quilt fits beautifully with a nice amount of drape.

And for fun – here’s what the rest of the photo looked like.

Reality

Haha! I avoided that mess nicely didn’t I! Winking smile In my defence we’ve had quite a few home days of late which mean a free-for-all when it comes to toys. Time to clean it up later.

Back to the pretty.

Happy binding

I added little scraps of Simply Color to the binding for a bit of brightness around the edge. Plus I love Simply Color so much I didn’t want to waste any of it!

Fontastic all finished

And finally - thanks for naming the quilt Gina! Fontastic suits it just perfeclt!

This happy quilt will be donated to a family who lost everything in the Tasmanian bushfires earlier this year. Hope that it brings them some comfort! It is a beautiful quilt and all the more special because of all the people involved. A massive thank you to those who participated in the making of this quilt. I so appreciate it!

35 comments:

  1. Wow - it is lovely and will definitely be loved in its new home.

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  2. This is massive!! And amazing! And I don't know why but I absolutely love the little star in the corner -- my eye is drawn to it everytime ;)

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  3. This. Is. Awesome. Enough said.

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  4. I am very proud to have played a small role in this lovely creation! The seven pointed star is perfect too! Thanks for all your efforts! And toys are for playing with!!!

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  5. A wonderful, fontastic quilt!

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  6. It looks so great on the single bed and with that border of Simply Color'. It is going to make someone very happy.

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  7. Love it! It looks amazing and I love the splashes of extra colour along the side and that great little star, like the full stop at the end of the sentence it says, done! (love the wider shot in the bedroom too - looks more like my kids rooms used to look until they got a little older!)

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  8. This is beautiful, Kristy -- what a great finish! I had to laugh over that second picture in the bedroom. That's what my rooms look like too! :)

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  9. Yay!! I'm sure some very lucky kid will love snuggling under it :)

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  10. I know I have said this before, but is this GORGEOUS WONDERFUL THOUGHTFUL and just subperbly fantastic. I am so impressed with the whole concepts on working on a charity quilt with a group of quilters from all over the world. And that with a fun pattern like Fontastic. Thank you for letteing us participate in this project! Also thank you for linking to my page for the seven pointed star!
    ipatchandquilt DOT wordpress DOT com

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  11. Awesome! Well done Kristy! Love your honesty when it comes to true photo shoots and other stuffs we all rather keep hidden, lol.

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  12. Great pictures Kristy!! I am so happy to have been a super small part of it! You did a great job with that little 1/2"; thanks for sharing the pics and finish. Creative cropping is what you did in the bedroom shot... you really are a photographer!!! Have fun this weekend and i hope you and the fam are feeling better!!

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  13. Wow, what an awsome quilt! All these pieced letters, incredible!

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  14. Wonderful, someone is going to be very happy to receive this fab quilt!

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  15. I LOVE this quilt! Beautiful :)

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  16. Kristy, my wig is off to you for such a great collective effort! I'm sure this family will love you and co. forever. Proud to know someone with such a good heart!

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  17. It has been fascinating seeing this one grow - and the finished quilt is gorgeous! It will be greatly loved in its new home I'm sure.

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  18. What a thing of colour and hope and snuggliness and everything else that is good in the world! I love the borders and binding - couldn't quite tell what you'd done with the quilting exactly but it looks fabulous:-)

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  19. Love how the word quilt turned out and how quickly you put it together. The borders are wonderful too. The person getting this quilt is really lucky!

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  20. Beautiful i think i will be getting some of your Fonts !! "Fontastic "

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  21. It's gorgeous. Well done everyone :)

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  22. Wow, what a beauty! Congratulations on a great finish, and your fonts are wonderful.

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  23. Spectacular quilt Kristy, what a great job you have done putting it all together. I think the testers certainly had the easy bit to do.

    My youngest son's bedroom looks far worse than that and he is 23! You will look back on this photo in years to come and wish it was that tidy, believe me :)

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  24. It looks wonderful! Thanks so much for the chance to be a part of it!

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  25. LOVE IT!!!!!!!
    Yes I yelled it and meant every word!
    It is just awesome!

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  26. Beautiful and precious!!
    I know the family will feel all the love that went into designing and sewing it!

    Susie

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  27. What a wonderful quilt, and a generous donation. It shall be truly appreciated.

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  28. What an amazing finish, I'm sure the family receiving it will love it and be inspired.

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  29. It's a fabulous quilt and a wonderful back story too. It really represents quite neatly all that is good about our sewing and quilting community. Well done :) to all involved.

    ps. I had a good laugh at the wide shot of the bedroom, good to know I'm not alone in my zooming prowess!

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  30. Wow!!! (I have a nearly 19 year old with a floor like that! But hers are clothes not toys!)

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  31. Gorgeous quilt! What a fantastic donation, I am sure it will be a great comfort to the family! The soft backing is perfect for such a happy quilt.

    I love the view of "the rest of the picture." Keepin' it real LOL! Gotta love the zoom lens! All my photos are taken in the midst of chaos! :D

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