Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Dear Jane finish after 17 years



It's finished. I hand sewed the binding down on Sunday having taken it to Jersey Modern Quilt Guild on Saturday. As I was getting ready on Saturday to go to our meeting and found the missing corner. Damn. Too late, never mind. That will teach me that I need to be tidier.


I used a swirly pantograph in with thread top and bottom. I took it off the machine early on Saturday morning and quickly did a rough trim of the excess backing and wadding. On Sunday I trimmed the quilt, machine stitched on the binding to the front and hand stitched 240 inches of binding to the back.


I am pleased with how it looks and will celebrate by stitching up a project bag for myself.





6 comments:

Kristin said...

Congratulations!! What an accomplishment!

felicity said...

Oh. My. Goodness. What a finish! It's spectacular!! Congratulations!

Thank you for participating in the FAL, on behalf of the 2017 global FAL hosts.

Little Opal said...

WOW, it's so beautiful! Way to go!

Ella said...

Wow is right! That is an AMAZING quilt!

Lynette said...

You GO!!!! I really love your colors and the way the border triangles call to mind pine trees. My poor Jane top has been waiting 2 or 3 years to be quilted. I'm going to try to make that happen later this year. CONGRATULATIONS! That's a big finish, and a wonderful quilt.

dq said...

Major hip hop horray! Dear Jane is SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHMENT! It is beautiful!