Topic: Quilting
Answering the obvious question - No. I am NOT making quilt tops as fast as one might see them come up on the blog! I always have a ton of 'kits' cut out for quilt tops so I can just pick up a bag and start sewing (there are currently 35 of them in my 'to be pieced' pile.)
When one is pieced it goes into a pile of 'flimsies' to wait for longarming.
When there are a pile of these I cut batting and backings for them and they go into the other room and get longarming done one after the other. I can sometimes manage two in a day but this does not include trimming and binding.
Once the binding goes on they are ready for their photographs and to be posted on the blog.
Rarely do I ever start one quilt and run it through all the steps to finish all at once. I more often than not have up to 10 that are working their way through the stages together as described.
So with that out of the way: Here is the quilt FINISH for the day. This was a free 3-yard quilt pattern from Fabric Cafe.
The floral and the blue pieces are cut from two separate parts of a wide stripe print. This allowed for including narrow borders that were included in the print. The red blocks and both borders were taken from the stash for their match to various portions of the florals.
The quilting is an edge-to-edge trio of leaf clusters.
The green leafy backing has a bit of gold shimmer on it and the binding matches one of the border stripes of the front.
I believe I will be able to complete another quilt from my longarm pile tomorrow.
Ddd