Bumpkin Baskets Ready To Be Quilted

 After many years of on again off again quilt progress, this quilt is ready for the frame. My Bumpkin Baskets quilt is a variation of my original quilt using my original design of the Dresden Baskets block.  You can see the original block design and quilt design here and here.

The full border applique was glued to the quilt and then invisible machine applique was used to secure it in place.  And that's why this has taken so long to complete.  Wrangling a 90 x 90 quilt in a 7 inch throat space was just too much fun (sarcasm). 

Two different prints were pulled from the stash to make the backing.  It's not the ideal fabrics but it is the most budget friendly.  I'm trying to work with what I have most of the time.  Oh, I'm not claiming to be in a no buying phase.  I'm just trying to use my will power whenever possible.  It didn't work out so well last week while in the quilt shop picking up April's 2 bucks a block.  A few lonely fat quarters needed a new home.

To make the quilt label for this quilt I used the scrap from the backing fabric.

Then added the scrap from the basket handles to make a border on the label.  Yep, it's kind of busy with the stripes going every which way but it's and eyecatcher!

The binding fabric was also pulled from my stash fabric.  After cutting and piecing the strips and having a long quilt staring session, I don't like that shade of blue with this quilt.  I may need to dig deeper in the stash or start shopping for a new binding fabric.

For now, she has been safely wrapped in plastic and stored away until I decided what to do about the binding and how to quilt her.

I'm not exactly sure when I started this quilt but I did find this short video I made for instagram in 2019.  But I know I started it at least a year before this video.

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