Beach Town Finished!

Beach Town Front
Beach Town Front

Yes, boys and girls, I finally finished Beach Town. You can read about starting it in the post about the Pamela Allen class from last year. I liked looking at the piece in that post (one of the things I LOVE about blogging!), because I could see the differences including all of the handwork I have added.

Beach Town Back
Beach Town Back

I made a smaller version of the Robbi Joy Eklow sleeve (from her book Free Expression) for this piece. I don’t know if it will ever be hung using a rod, but it is ready if someone wants to hang it that way.

One of the things I need to think through when I use this technique in the future is the back and the label. I like to include the label as a part of the back. As you may have noticed, I often piece the back and include the label in that piecing. This allows me (or my quilter) to quilt over the label so that it cannot be removed if the quilt is stolen. Jill, one of the creative prompt participants, talks about this in her recent blog post.

Another reason I piece the back is that I have the fabric, so I might as well use it.

Smaller quilts, and particularly this Pamelala technique are free form and quick. The maker usually lays down the back and batting first with no opportunity to piece the back or make a label. When I take a Pamela Allen class again, perhaps I should just put down the batting and work on the back later?

Author: Jaye

Quiltmaker who enjoys writing and frozen chocolate covered bananas.

6 thoughts on “Beach Town Finished!”

  1. Fun fun fun! Congratulations on getting it finished!

    WRT to the label — in this technique, do you applique and quilt the piece all at the same time? If not, could you fuse the label to the back before quilting, and quilt through it when you quilt the top? (This only makes sense if you’re machine-quilting, I admit.)

    Anyway, can’t wait to see it in person!

    1. Yes, the whole piece is worked on at once, though fusing once the piece is done would work. It would at least make a mess if someone tried to pull it off. It might be hard to fuse it first even with machine quilting, because of the hand work. Worth a try, though.

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