biased-a completed quilt

Welcome to finish it up Friday!

Last weekend I put the final stitches in the binding, so...my biased quilt is complete!

This is a simple string quilt that was foundation pieced onto phone book papers, which are later removed. (You can find an in depth block tutorial here.) It's a great use for a phone book, don't you think??? :) While the construction method is fairly straightforward, the color work is complex, I would say. It was a fun quilt to build, one string at a time. I am VERY pleased with how it turned out!

I kind of got sucked into this project and I didn't want to work on many other things at the time, so I pieced it rather quickly. (That's a good thing!) I used solids from a variety of manufacturers in more colors than I could guess. I know I say this all the time, but as with any scrap quilt, more is better!

For the back, I used this BRIGHT lemon yellow print from my good neighbors fabric line (which is out of print). The binding is Kona pomegranate, which is a beautiful pinky-red that is super hard to photograph accurately, but trust me --it's a good one! It's one of my current favorites, actually. I made biased binding for this quilt, even though you can't tell, because it's a solid fabric. Since the name of the quilt is BIASED, I thought it was fitting. It's the little things, right?

There was no question in my mind that I was going to send it out to be quilted professionally because I didn't want to mess it up! The quilting was done by Steffani Burton. (Thanks, Steffani!) I love the contrast of the quilted swirls against the graphic lines of the piecing. I think it makes a nice pairing.

I labeled this quilt right away, too! Labeling isn't my favorite, but I feel that it IS important and I'm trying to do it more consistently. Two in a row is a pretty good start. Ha!

The quilt measures about 60" x 75". This is my second quilt in my Salute to Solids series, where I am on a quest to make 10 scrap quilts from the solids bin. You can see the first quilt in the series here.

I'm going to be teaching an improv string class based on this quilt at Glamp Stitch-a-lot in Ann Arbor, Michigan in November. You can find more details here, if you are interested!

Ok, that's it for me today! It's your turn to link up your finishes for the week. Thanks, as always, for joining me for finish it up Friday! Have a GREAT weekend!

finish it up Friday, 4-20-18

1.	Michelle's Romantic Tangle	54.	PamelaQuilts CityScape quilt
2.	Sandy O	55.	Gretchen @Snug Harbor Quilts
3.	Karen	56.	Suzy Webster Quilts
4.	Eva.Bambi,Johansson	57.	Bernie @ Needle & Foot
5.	Petite Point	58.	Stacey@SLOstudio - Scrappy log cabin quilt
6.	Chrisknits	59.	Frankie Baldwin
7.	Emily Bailey	60.	Kelly Cline Quilting
8.	Kat & Cat Quilts	61.	AngelaA @ betterndogbiscuits baby quilt
9.	Chain Gang Snowstorm	62.	Jane--Ice Dyeing
10.	Whale quilts free quilt patterns	63.	Joy - Sewing Room Finish
11.	Research Triangle: Paige@QuiltedBlooms	64.	Vera @negligentstyle
12.	Alison @ LBQ - Mini Quilt	65.	Erin @ MakeItSew
13.	Mari @ The Academic Quilter	66.	tubakk - Norway
14.	Knit 1, Make 2	67.	maggie fellow
15.	Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs	68.	K Sorensen - A whole Blue Wordl
16.	Chris @ The Art of Making Blog	69.	K Sorensen - Imagine
17.	shadow appliqué pillow tutoriial	70.	Wendy’s Quilts and More
18.	Heather P	71.	Heide D
19.	charlotte@GrammieQ's	72.	Judy B
20.	La Vida en Patchwork	73.	maiden hair fern
21.	Mermaid quilt top	74.	Walkers Road Quilts
22.	Roseanne @ Home Sewn By Us	75.	Pomada
23.	Anorina @sameliasmum	76.	K Sorensen Iris Spring ice Tapestry
24.	viridian61	77.	K Sorensen Sun Fun flower
25.	Shannon @ The Fleming's Nine	78.	Morris & Green quilt
26.	Giant Rose Star Finish Pink Doxies	79.	Scrappy Arkansas Crossroads
27.	Ocean Creatures @ Yellow Bird Stitches	80.	K Sorensen Sacred Spirits
28.	kate @ katiemaequilts	81.	Bags of inspiration - the lilac cat
29.	Sew Preeti Quilts - Let's Talk Stash	82.	Giveaway and more
30.	Brooke@SillyMamaQuilts	83.	Carla @ Creatin' in the Sticks 30 blocks
31.	Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts	84.	Pack Rat With A Plan
32.	White Brilliant Beauties of Joy	85.	Romany Quilting Baby Quilt finished
33.	Key to My Heart Quilt	86.	Super Simple Fabric Box Tutorial
34.	Sandra @ mmm! quilts	87.	Liberty Patchwork Scarf Tutorial
35.	Pincushion DIY with striped fabrics	88.	Anja @ Anja Quilts
36.	KatyQuilts	89.	Quilting Gail
37.	Quilting is more fun than Housework	90.	Janice @ Color, Creating, and Quilting
38.	Inch-Art: The quilt that was not meant to be	91.	Laura
39.	Emily-Rainbow Checkerboard Quilt Top	92.	Mary Hertel
40.	Butterflies Aren’t Free	93.	Treadlestitches Dinosaurs
41.	unbeehaved - Free Pattern Friday	94.	Pineapple Salad
42.	Gretchen's Little Corner	95.	Erica @ Kitchen Table Quilting
43.	Illusion quilt	96.	K Sorensen - Quilt or pillow?
44.	Lizzie Lenard	97.	Scrappy 9 patch pillow - Chezvies
45.	Sarah @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict	98.	Terri Faust Quilts
46.	Summer Lee Quilts	99.	Dreamworthy Quilts
47.	Explorer Tote	100.	Mary @ Fleur de Lis Quilts
48.	Open Wide Pouches - Branch & Vine Handmade	101.	Little Black Cat Quilting
49.	Bridie	102.	Christina's Handicrafts
50.	something rosemade	103.	Leena
51.	Luna Lovequilts - Quilted pillow	104.	DonnaleeQ
52.	Elm Street Quilts - Baby Quilt	105.	K Sorensen celebrates Earth Day with quilts
53.	Key to My Heart | Finished or Not Friday Linky	106.	Janice@singreadsew

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