The weather is still overcast and lots of rain or snow here in the Pacific Northwest, so no picture taking available yet for the blog. I have about 10 quilts that I would like to get pictures, but the weather is being very uncooperative.
This quilt is from 2014 when I did Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt. You can read about all the details and the progression of making it here.
This was the last quilt to have the binding done in the last batch of five quilts I got back from the Long Arm Quilter back in November. I like to do my binding while traveling in the car on road trips.
Here is a picture of me working on the binding on a road trip a couple of weeks ago. It was especially nice because it was very warm on my lap while I stitched away.
I was able to get it the binding completed once we got to the venue where we were having a trade show. The venue building has lots of open space, so I was able to take some decent pictures of the final quilt. Here it is all flat and laid out. Remember, this was done from scraps of all my Thimbleberries projects. It is a big one, measuring 90" X 90".
This is a close up of a corner, giving you a better look at the border and the block pattern. I used a green binding to tie it all together. I think it looks really nice.
I had a good sized brown wide width backing fabric, but I was a little short, so I added some green around the top and bottom to get the backing big enough to cover the top.
The batting was an experiment this time, I found a queen sized flannel sheet at a garage sale. I washed it up, and contacted my long arm quilter to ask if I could use it as a batting. She agreed and I really like the result. The sheet cost me $.50 making it very reasonable compared to the cost of batting. The best part is the flannel sheet makes the quilt heavy and not stiff like some of the batting I have been using from JoAnn's.
Right now, this one is on my side of the bed, folded in half, keeping me very warm this winter.
PS: This quilt pattern is available on Bonnie Hunter's site here if you are interested.
Size: 88" X 92"
Fabric Lines Used: Thimbleberries Scraps
Pattern: Quiltville 2014 Mystery "Grand Illusion"
Designer: Bonnie Hunter
Long Arm Quilter: Carol Logan Nelson
Year Began: 11/2014
Year Completed: 02/2017
Warmest...
Fab quilt and great idea to use pre loved flannel!!! I looked at your binding pic and my brain got confused! I guess I never look at anyone else binding: I have mine the other way up! (Patchwork down and just holding the edge)
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