A Finish?...Well almost... :)
The binding IS on...
And it has been beautifully
custom longarm-quilted by Chris!
A case of the quilting making the quilt indeed!
(Picture heavy because I wanted to show the gorgeous quilting...)
BUT...
And here's the 'but'...
when I started this quilt in the 1980's
when I started this quilt in the 1980's
I didn't know what I was doing...
And so I backed each block with batting
and muslin and handquilted it in pearl cotton...
Meaning that when I tried to handquilt it,
it was too heavy going,
The quilt also ended up too large
after I'd joined the four large blocks and put borders on...
Chris kindly helped me unpick my handquilting...
And did a great job of echoing the stars with her custom quilting...
And did a great job of echoing the stars with her custom quilting...
But (and here's that 'but' again!)
she couldn't quilt over my quilting
as it would have been impossible to get a needle through it!!!
as it would have been impossible to get a needle through it!!!
So, although it's quilted
AND bound!
It needs some attention to the unquilted bits:
Not much, in my opinion, ahem :)
But enough to fix the 3 layers together
However, a finish is a finish...
Well almost! :)
6 comments:
Das ist ein Meisterwerk. Ich hätte niemals gedacht, daß dieser Quilt einmal fertig wird :-) und so toll aussieht.
I don't use this word often, but it's awesome!!
Yay Chris! It looks great and I know you are happy to have it almost done. :-)
Beautiful, beautiful quilt! That is incredible quilting.
It looks wonderful, and the quilting is amazing. Congrats on a great finish.
Wow, this turned out beautiful ! Love the quilting
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