Section by section...
Well, as of yesterday at noon, I have completed my February piecing project for the ’17 in 2017′ challenge, and under the deadline. Hooray! To be perfectly honest I wasn’t sure if it was all going to come together for me this month, since after my birthday trip away I felt completely wiped out and uninspired to work on that intensely pieced final border. After finishing the quilting and binding on ‘Whisper Sweet Nothings’ before the middle of the month rolled by, I was resting on my laurels and calling it done for February. Wouldn’t that just be a sad effort though? Only two months into a year long goal and I’m already tapping out, yikes!
So my strategy was this – dig deep, put the nose to the grindstone, do small sections each day, and keep myself accountable to myself. And it worked! The closer I got to finishing each side of the border the more encouraged I felt and ended up by doing a full two or three day marathon of sewing units to complete the entire four sides in record time.
block by block...
It was a big job attaching those borders onto the rest of the quilt as it has definitely grown to a much larger size than I originally intended, measuring in at about 88″ x 88″ square. I’m glad I decided to add this last border to give some balance to the warmer colours.
After stay stitching the outer edges of the quilt top, I continue to work on creating the binding from that cheerful red and yellow spot fabric. My final decision will be to choose a fun fabric for the backing, and again will try to shop from my own stash, to continue the trend for the entire quilt. I’ll make my way over to the studio this weekend and hopefully once the backing is made I can mount this top on the longarm for quilting asap.
The big reveal…
Something from Nothing
As always, happy stitching, love carol x
p.s. Did you see the lovely shout out I received from Barbara Brackman on her Material Culture blog last Friday? She posted a photo of my Dixie Diary quilt. Thanks, Barbara :o)
Looks awesome! And it’s B-I-G! I didn’t think it needed another border, but now that it is done, I see that it suits the quilt perfectly and completes it. xoxo
Thanks, Tammy! This one certainly turned out bigger than I thought it would but sometimes you just have to follow your instincts or perhaps just listen closely to what the quilt is asking for. I’m glad my intuition lead me to that final border – some things are worth the extra effort. :o)
Gorgeous