My customer quilt arrived and it was even better looking in
real life than the pictures she sent me prior to finishing. With her sending me pictures I had time to
audition motifs that would not take away from the overall quilt but would be
good enough to hold the layers together and have a neat visual appeal on the
back.
First, though I had some of my Mothers’ Day voucher left and
I made an appointment for a pedicure.
What bliss and yes, I fell asleep and snored!
The customer contemplates cutting the outer border once her
mom’s bed is measured, so instead of going for definite designs that might be
cut in half; I decided to do a simple meandering on the border.
Then the large blocks were outlined with stitch in the
ditch, keeping the sashing clean and straight.
To fill the large 12” blocks I chose one of Dorie Hruska’s
designs from her book ‘Making Connections’ to cover the block from top to
bottom, taking away some of the strain of doing ruler work with the outlining.
About at this stage on every quilt, I’ve ever made I have
these extremely mixed emotions. On the one
hand, I’d like to finish it and let the quilter know that it’s done and on the
other, I don’t want this process to end.
I only get a comfortable rhythm midway through quilting and then it
seems as if it abruptly ends.
I, however, guess I can’t simply keep the quilt on the frame
forever. This is the finished front
And this the back
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