This is another big finish for me. I've been calling this quilt Summertime because of its bright happy colors. It's a large quilt at 92 x 106 inches so it is difficult to get a picture of the whole thing. Here you can see a little more than half of it hanging over our deck railing. There is just a little bit of melting snow to the right of the quilt - it feels like spring :0)
I finished this quilt a couple of weeks ago and we started using it right away. It was time to change out the duvet and this quilt was ready to go.
I dithered about what to quilt in the wide border. I had finished the center part last summer and then got stuck. I finally decided to go with my usual - feathers. Feathers quilt up so quickly with free motion quilting. It needed a few straight lines as well to fill in.
The binding was debated a bit. A couple of quilty friends did not think this was a good choice. The blue was hard to match and the fabrics from the top long gone from the shops. I found this bright pretty blue and I'm very happy with it. Not much shows when the quilt is tucked in anyway.
I love waking up to all this feathered texture and the bright happy colors. Started in June of 2015 - it is good to have it finished and in use.
I finished my second block from Barbara Brackman's applique sew-a-long. I changed it a bit from the pattern given. The big feather was a fun challenge to stitch in 2 fabrics. I have just started Block #3 It's exciting to see the new block appear on the
Civil War Quilts blog on the last Wednesday of the month.
I have also got back to making a few more of these tree blocks. I had enough but I enjoy making them so much I thought a few more couldn't hurt :0)
So there won't likely be any more big finishes for awhile but that's ok. I like having a good variety of projects to work on.
Happy Quilting!
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