I can hardly believe it’s been a whole year since I finished hand piecing the blocks for the Seven Sisters quilt top. Although I managed to get the blocks sewn together with the white triangle pieces, the top languished for many months because I couldn’t decide if I wanted a border, and if so, what type of border. Last week I decided to tackle the problem again, and I’m very pleased with the result. For the scrappy striped border, I used some of the same vintage swatches that I used to make the blocks. The top with border is 80″ x 96″.
Some of the seams have a little bit of puckering, but I feel confident that it won’t show once the top is hand quilted. You can read about my progress making this top in the following links: design, blocks in progress, more blocks in progress, and blocks finished.
You do Beautiful Work.
I actually thought of this quilt earlier this week. I love the border it is the perfect ending to your labor of love. Do you mind if I pin it on pinterest thanks
I’m so glad you went back to this quilt! I love the border, I think it finishes it off really well! Can’t wait to see it quilted! 🙂 Great work Martha!
Hugs, Mickie
So many wonderful fabrics to look at. So much work” Really and achievement.
A wonderful finish. I remember attending a big quilt show several years ago where the challenge had been Seven Sisters. It was amazing some of the designs quilters came up with using that block design.
Absolutely beautiful!!!
A beautiful and creative border Martha! I’m looking forward to seeing how you hand quilt it.
Love your quilt!
One word—WOW! Happy Easter, Martha.
Wow! It is stunning and oh, so pretty! I can’t wait to see it again as you work on quilting it.
It looks great! What a beautiful quilt.
I love it so much!!! I love the white line and the color and everything. Whites in this instance made the center colors of all the stars pop out beautifully. I love the border especially how you play them. Beautiful, beautiful quilt, great inspiration!!! Thank you for the picture.
Great choice for the border! I wonder how many fabrics are represented in this quilt? It is really lovely!
Simply marvelous!! I adore your beautiful quilt, Martha! And the border is playful and perfect!
SO SEW SO pretty!! Did you use all vintage fabric? I just got finished making a 9 patch for my granddaughters 10th birthday, all hand pieced and quilted, It was really fun. Hope she likes it.
What a fun quilt. I love it’s scrappiness.
This is gorgeous! It is a block I would like to try some time.
So pretty. I am working on a seven sisters quilt right now and can appreciate all the work you put into this quilt.
This is such a beautiful quilt – I love all the fabrics and the scrappy look. Grouping the colours in this pattern is lovely.
I love your Seven Sisters quilt! I have a vintage top that I need to either back with muslin and quilt or replace the bad pieces. One of my favorite vintage patterns!
I’m making pillows for each of my sisters. There are seven of us sisters so one block on each pillow to let them know how special they are to me.