I got the last joins done after much procrastination…
That last seam was a bit of a pig, but now that it’s finished there’s a big sense of relief. Here are the front, the back, (which shows off the quilting nicely) and the label. I found a lovely shot cotton for the binding, but I was a tiny bit short, so it’s slightly narrower than usual. I rather like this skinny version! Of course, shot cotton frays like mad, so it’s not really ideal for the purpose, but it was such a lovely green/blue combination that I couldn’t resist.
A huge thank you to all those who contributed, not just blocks but also encouragement and positive feedback. I’ll get Stay+ off to Ovarian Cancer Australia after Christmas when the office re-opens. I’m going to take a tiny break from teal quilts over Christmas, and probably do some hand stitching on my hexie quilt. Stay+ is for a fundraiser in February and the next event isn’t till May, so I can fit a few other projects in before I have to start work on the next OCA quilt.
So, if you’ve offered to make a block or two for TWX (Tealed with a Kiss), the next Ovarian Cancer Australia quilt, it would be great if you could schedule them for January or February, to give me time to make up the numbers and then perform the usual QAYG magic 🙂
Finally, you’ll recall that Lynn of Tialys and I were working together to complete our QAYG quilts by Christmas. There has been a veritable snowstorm of emails back and forth. Well, she’s done it too! Hop over there and take a look. Lucky Monsieur Tialys is going to score big time this Christmas. If the post isn’t up yet, it soon will be!
Last quilt finish before the New Year, time to slow down and enjoy the festive season!
talltalesfromchiconia 
Congratulations everyone on a fabulous quilt for a good cause.
Agreed! I love that so many people took time out to contribute.
Wow! It looks amazing Kate! 🙂
Finished at last 🙂 Now for a little break…
Enjoy! I am going the opposite way … A bit of time off to sew and potter 🙂
Sounds just the thing; you’re always so busy that a bit of pottering will do you good 🙂
Looks stunning, can I do a block for your next one or have you got enough promised?
A block would be wonderful! The specs are: teal and cream, any shade, the design is any format of an X shape in the block, whether it’s traditional, improv, appliqué etc, and 12.5 square unfinished. Thank you so much for offering to help 🙂
It looks amazing, and I bet it will earn some funds for this very wonderful cause. Jan/Feb is perfect timing for me. I have this next in my queue after the Christmas sewing is done!
I hope so! Thank you for contributing to the next one, all blocks gratefully received 🙂
[…] Thanks also to Kate for encouraging me to finish it by blogging about the Quilt As You Go method which we were both using to finish our quilts, mine for a Christmas gift and her own for another charity auction to raise money for Ovarian Cancer Awareness which you can see here. […]
It’s beautiful Kate and your quilting looks so good – I could never get away with quilting on such a revealing background. In my case ‘busy’ is good 😉
Thanks for the kick up the arse I needed to get my one finished. x
Not so much a kick as a bit of gentle nudging… I knew you could do it!
Beautiful! It looks amazing and I’m sure it will go over in a huge way!
Merry Christmas!!!
Linda
Thanks, Linda, and the same to you and your family!
Beautiful! Now it doesn’t seem long enough since your last post about this quilt to talk of “much procrastination”! -)
I’m afraid there was a fair bit of wriggling around for excuses before I did the last big seam, which was always going to be a stinker… Still, doing the assembly this way does mean there’s only one real stinker 🙂 And I’m loving all that empty space on the design wall!
it looks absoultely billiant !!
Thank you, Claire, both for your contribution and the kind words!
It is a gorgeous quilt, Kate!
So proud of everyone who helped to create it!
Hugs,
Esther
Exactly so! I hope it will do some good for OCA.
That’s fantastic, you & the others should be very proud of your efforts. I’m sure it will be very much appreciated
Thank you! I hope the quilt will find a home with a generous OCA supporter who will love and enjoy it.
The quilt looks superb Kate, enjoy your stitching on the hexie quilt, I have one block done will do the other one during the holidays and get them off to you. Have a restful holiday season.
Thank you, Robin, that will be wonderful! Hopefully I’ll have some hexie happiness to show on the next ScrapHappy day 🙂
another work of art and for a good cause ! it is absolutely lovely !
Thank you, Rita 🙂
A thing of great beauty, and for a beautiful cause ❤
Thank you, my dear, very kind 🙂
The blocks all looked wonderful as they trickled in and you showed them off, but quilting, joining and binding do “maketh the quilt”. Well done Kate, it’s beautiful…..glad the pig’s out of the way now 🙂
I’ll do my X ones after Christmas and get them to you before I go away. Having a pig of a time here so not a good time to be making blocks 😦
Thank you – and thank you! Sorry things aren’t such fun right now, I hope your holiday will improve things, and many festive good wishes of the season.
You should have a big + for making this quilt come together so great!!!!! Love it!
Oh, thank you! I hope someone else will love it too, and pay OCA lots of money for it!
So lovely, Kate. Well done to you and all the contributors. Your label was very moving. Xx
Thank you! I’ll be using this label formula for all my OCA quilts, as I feel it’s important to acknowledge all the ‘silent sisters’ who have contributed to our knowledge of the disease.
Well done on another excellent finish.
Thank you! I’m looking forward to getting it away to OCA. And it’s lovely to be doing a whole lot of hand stitching for a while…
Thank you all so much for all you are doing to help raise awareness of and fund research on ovarian cancer. Especially to Kate for taking the lead. ❤
It’s good to feel there’s something we can do – and enjoy – to help 🙂
It turned out wonderfully. So beautiful.
Considering it was made of leftover blocks from Time for Teal, I think it’s turned out very well 🙂
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