I adore the back of the quilt! My first pieced backing: a pink stripe down the center, with this gorgeous flower in the center of it:
Look how pretty with the new dining room chair upholstery:
My lovely and talented daughter recovered the dining room chairs in time for family guests on Christmas Day and in-laws visiting from California after Christmas. Here is an example of an old chair seat with damage compliments of one sleek black cat and one fluffy white cat:
And a chair with the new green (excuse me, pistachio) fabric:
They are beautiful! Molly deserves the credit for choosing the fabric (I just couldn't make up my mind) and for getting the job done. But I was a pretty good assistant (meaning I knew when to hand needed tools and when to stay out of the way).
Now that I have the wonky log cabin quilt and the dining room chairs finished, I feel ready for anything! Stay tuned!
With wishes true and kind for many fabulous finishes in 2010 -- Joan
Lovely quilt! Lots of gorgeous prints and colors. Beautiful quilting, too. Makes me think of spring and summer. Maybe dream is more accurate, it's too cold...
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ReplyDeleteVery pretty, your log cabin quilt! And your chairs look very good with their new upholstery.
I´m looking forward to your new ideas! ;-)
Steffi
Joan....ur quilt is beautiful...I love love love peiced backings...I do this on every one of my quilts with the left over scraps from the top. My sister doesn't care for it and she tends to be my biggest critic(but she's not a quilter so she doesn't understand the value of using scraps!)The chairs looks awesome...what a diffence a little fabric makes!brand new chairs!
ReplyDeleteJoan, The quilt turned out just beautiful and you are right it goes just perfect with your pistachio covered chairs. Just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYour wonky log cabin quilt turned out gorgeous! You should be so proud of this finish! I would love to have that in my house. I especially love how you put together the backing, with that flower in the center. Love the newly covered chair too. That fabric reminds me of some Anna Maria Horner fabric, but I love the sheen to the new chair.
ReplyDeleteLove that quilt!! The fabric on the back is one of my favorites!!!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
KT
Both you and your daughter are talented :) The quilt and chairs are beautiful.
ReplyDeletebeautiful, lovely, wonderful!! what a great quilt!
ReplyDeleteThe wonky cabins came out beautifully! I love the pistachio covered chairs~lovely~and a reminder that I need to do the same. . .Have a good week Joan!
ReplyDeleteI'm envious of those chairs . not to mention th beautiful quilt. Doesn't it feel good to get things DONE??
ReplyDeletemolly did a fantastic job on the chairs.. i noticed them on flickr they are so fabulous!
ReplyDeletegorgeous quilt joan...i will be checking out karen's blog..you are lucky to have a friend like that...it does help to get the wips moving along finished quilts ...like this gorgeous one.
Your quilt is pretty. It reminds me of spring. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteHooray!!! You're back! ; ) Oh...the Wonky Log Cabin is AWESOME too and I LOVE the 'new' chairs. Perfect color!
ReplyDeleteLove the quilt - and the pieced backing is perfect. Chairs look great too - lucky your daughters talents complement your own.
ReplyDeleteOh, oh and I'm coming for dinner when? LOL
ReplyDeleteThe chairs are fabulous and inspiring! She did an excellent job and her assistant is very smart!
The quilt needs to come live at my house...NOW! I simply adore it! It's too happy and fun for words!
Great finishes!
great to have such talents, your quilt turned out beautiful and the chairs match it perfectly;- I saw you joined the dollies group on flickr.I look forward to see what you will do:)
ReplyDeleteOh that lovely fabric again! Must feel so good to have a quilt done!
ReplyDeleteI grew up with those same chairs AND had a white cat!
I love the quilt and the Chairs! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOne of the most gorgeous wonky logs I've seen! Love it.
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