Busy, busy, busy! I had this done by 4 p.m. Sunday, well ahead of my goal. I would have kept on working at assembling the quilt, but I need to buy some backing fabric and did not have a car today....alas, RIP my '99 green Subaru Outback wagon, which bit the dust Friday...costs more to fix than it is worth....I loved that car... and #2 son needed his parents' other Subaru to get to work today. So no backing fabric!
Anyways, getting the top done was a major push...
This detail shot shows the new look of the quilt, now that the blocks are joined and feather stitched.
Each one of those seams had to be tied off, beginning and end.
Sometimes I'd add an extra stitch or two using the tail of the thread.
Then I'd bring it to the back and knot it with the bobbin thread. I used #12 thread in the top, #30 in the bottom, with a #90 topstitch needle. Because all the seams had been pressed open, I had double fabric thickness for the embroidery, which worked out nicely.
Now the quilt looks like this:
The top measures 65" X 65".
It is about to be transformed again when I add the buttons, which are going to be not only decorative but functional: they will hold the quilt together, serving the same purpose as tying it would.
I'm thinking about backing this with wool, maybe because it is so cold out right now. But I do want to use this quilt for getting cozy on the couch. Wool would be nice for that...and I think it fits the rather rustic theme as well.
I want this bound and finished by Wednesday night!
