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| Venetian Tiles (Stack n Whack pattern) 31" x 30-1/2" |
Well, I said I was going to set my mind to finishing this little quilt this week and I did just that! The half-inch binding with the seam and turnover having to fall right on the edge of each side of a stripe was stressful to pull off and left me with more turned to the back than necessary to be caught by the machine stitching done from the front. And the weight of the fabric (think Kona or heavier) made for bulk at the corners leaving me with less than perfect miters. But as I've said before, this is just for me, to toss over the livingroom trunk, and the real showcase is those beautiful kaleidoscope blocks.
I did steam it, hoping to pull out a bit more texture, but the quilting is still difficult to make out. I'm sensing a lot of shouldas, couldas about this one: should have used a different batt, could have used more visible thread, maybe should have done a single fold binding. And maybe someone can explain to me how a symmetrical top measured a half inch shorter in one direction. But it's still really beautiful.
4 comments:
It is beautiful. Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.
You have elevated 'fussy cutting' to a whole new level with the binding! Your quilt looks pretty dang perfect to me!! Bon voyage! Jan in WY
Thanks Jan - have a great trip!
Thanks Linda and welcome. I have warm memories of visits to different parts of Canada dating back to when I was a teen traveling with my parents. <3 But have never been farther east than Sault Ste. Marie Ont. Would love to visit Montreal some day. :-)
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