When I started this quilt 11 years ago, I never dreamed it would take this long to finish.
Way back then my mind saw this quilt as quilted to death with tons of feathers and swirls.
She's been pulled out many times over the years. Each time I would stare at her for a few days trying to come up with the perfect quilt it to death plan. And then back in storage she would go. My love for quilted to death quilts is still there, I just lost interest in doing all the hard work.
These days I'm just as happy with light custom quilting.
If you look at the daisies in the pictures above you will see they are not quilted like the one below. The one below was the first quilted. This daisy quilting felt too heavy for the large crosshatched background quilting. A perfectionist would have removed the stitching in this daisy. I did not, for no other reason than it doesn't bother me that it is different. It's my quilt and I don't care if one daisy has a little extra quilting.
The backing was made from scraps of a previous quilt back and Pioneer Woman fabric yardage.
Since the quilt is fun and kind of whimsical, I opted to have a little fun with the label by using a different color thread for each line. I like it! It gives the label a little character.
As for the image below, there's nothing to say other than I love the daisy quilting.
The green striped binding felt like the perfect ending for this quilt. It makes me so happy to finally have her finished even though it's not exactly what I had planned.
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A finished quilt is reason to celebrate, especially after all these years! She's so bright, happy and sunny! You'll need to use her next winter when we have no sunshine and the days are dark and dreary. She'll bring some sunshine into your life. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteWow, wow, wow!!! She’s gorgeous! Will you share with us where you put her?! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLea Anne, it’s gorgeous and I can totally relate to the desire to pare back your grand quilting ambitions in favor of actually finishing. I think it’s a wonderful quilt and the binding is perfection!
ReplyDeleteThe simple quilting doesn't make it any less a spectacular quilt. Beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteShe's a real beauty. I love the way you quilted her. I've never been an over the top quilter. I prefer simple quilting i.e. stippling or meandering, swirls, etc. I want the entire quilt to be a star not just the quilting. Yes, I know I'm strange but simple works very well for me. LOL
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