I am officially finished with this little project. I'm pretty sure this is the longest it's ever taken me to complete a quilt. I bought the fabric back in May, came up with the idea for the pattern in September and got to work on September 19, a little over a month ago. This project has been haunting me and I'm so glad it's finished!
This is the largest quilt I've made to date and the first time I didn't use free motion quilting. Yikes...all of those straight lines got pretty tedious. It got to the point where I made myself quilt it in one hour blocks so that I would at least get something accomplished. And to top that off, I decided to go with the not so speedy machine stitched/hand stitched binding method seen here. The hand stitching took forever and wasn't quite as fun as embroidery, but I got the hang of it after a while and now it seems a bit more manageable.
I was so happy to throw the quilt in the washer and dryer and see it come out in all its crinkly, wrinkled goodness.
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Hoffrooe 68 months ago | reply
It is wonderful and I love the colors and the quilting you did. It was done well and I know what you mean about sewing the straight lines. I have my in-laws anniversary quilt pinned and hanging over a door because I have not yet stopped putting off all those lines.
What size is this quilt?
Aiko Heiwa 68 months ago | reply
That only took you a month? Wow.
abmatic 60 months ago | reply
the quilting pattern is great! I love how it emphasizes the patchwork.
::Sardaana 39 months ago | reply
This is fantastic!