zigging and zagging
So yes, I did finish the wedding quilt in time! Ta-da!
Yes, it covers the top of a queen sized bed with enough length for a decent turn back.
I haven’t taken a full photo of the back! But you can see it at the top of the above photo. There’s a strip running down the length made up of a block of each of the fabrics from the front, and the rest is a coordinating print from the same range (designed by Carla Miller for Westminster/Rowan fabrics, but quite a few seasons old and very difficult to find now).
I quilted it either side of the zig zags. By the way, I based this quilt on Anna Maria Horner‘s Folk Dance Quilt (there’s a link to the pdf on her blog) but I adapted it with this fantastic tutorial by Amandajean of Crazy Mom Quilts so that I wouldn’t have to work with triangles.
The binding is pieced from all thirteen fabrics, and sewn on by machine with reference to Rita’s binding tutorial. I have to be honest and admit that I missed a few spots so still spent an hour or so sewing those in place by hand. But anyway, it’s finished and was delivered to the wedding! I told the mother of the bride that I’d have it back if the bride and groom don’t like it (is that cheeky?). I reckon it was at least 30 hours of work all up. Whew!
What a stunning gift!!!
awesome!
Looks fantastic Lara I bet they love it
Lara – It is beautiful! Who wouldn’t love it? I often hope that the receipient loves it considering how much love I put into making homemade gifts.
I thinks the quilt is lovely… they are a very lucky couple! and you have your right of saying that you’ll have it back if they don’t like it!
The quilt is beautiful. Of course you should have advised them of an alternative home for it ☺
Gee you did an amazing job on the quilting Lara! Well done.