I'm making slow quilting progress. I am in the middle of binding Talkin' Turkey, in the middle of piecing my OBW, and need to put borders on Surrounded by Scraps. I did finish the binding on O Canada and was waiting for the sun to come out to get a good picture. Unfortunately, the past few days have been gray and rainy, and today isn't much better. Here is O Canada, quilted, bound, labeled and ready to give.
This was a very fun quilt to make. I feared the two bears would take a long time to piece, but the whole thing went together very smoothly.
The quilting is a swirly pantograph. My longarmer and I considered a maple leaf pantograph but didn't like the idea of the animals with maple leaves on them.
I bound this quilt by machine since the recipients are quilt muggles and won't know the difference. I also took a chance and washed it. I was concerned that the red would run since I didn't prewash the fabric, but it didn't.
Thanks to Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts for the excellent pattern, and thanks to Vicki for her longarm quilting.
Used this week: 0.5 yards (O Canada binding)
Used year to date: 50.125 yards
Added this week: 10.75 (backing, Christmas red Kona, 10" Kaffe squares)
Added year to date: 75.625 yards
Net Added yards: 25.5 yards
Linking up: https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/2017/05/lets-bee-social-178.html
http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2017/05/big-nines-completed-quilt.html
5 comments:
What a beautiful finished quilt!! I love it!
I love your quilt and hope it stops raining long enough to get it outside for a good photo shoot before gifting. It's so deserving of one. (I'm so glad the red didn't run on you.) What an excellent sesquicentennial celebration quilt!
What a wonderful quilt - well done!!
Quilt muggles, how funny! I'll have to remember that one. Nice quilt!
That's such a great quilt!
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