My Summer Mandala quilt is off to the Pacific International Quilt Festival in the Wall-Hanging category in a couple of weeks, so I thought not only had I better get a sleeve sewn on there for hanging, but I should gussy up the back a little bit, in honor of the show. A label will go on as well.
I've given myself a week of mornings to play with this...so we'll see what kind of damage I can do in that amount of time!
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The sleeve has been sewn on here, and you can just make out the quilting in the ditch I did. But we know this is NOT about quilting.
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This is definitely my good-bye-to-summer-colors week of stitching.....
5 comments :
Beautiful -- and love those colors!
I was at a lecture given by a quilt judge and something she said has always stuck with me. Back art is like sexy lingerie, not necessary but such a nice surprise. Love what you have started with the stitching.
I'm so glad there's more of this quilt to come. I feel like an old friend has been missing without your regular post updates-it's been a feature of this summer! I wish it Bon voyage for its impending outing.
This is terrific. A woman with a good backside is highly sought after!
Congrats on being accepted into the show (even if the quilting is, well, sparse! *wink*)!
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