However, a few months ago I picked up a few quilts from Jackie and I have found a bit of time to stitch on this binding although this one took me almost an entire month to bind.
It's a great cuddle size at 70" x 84".
We had so much fun in Amarillo when we went for the WRCA Ranch Rodeo Championships a few weeks ago, but when I had had my fill of socializing, I just wanted to crawl in the back of this wagon with my quilt:
Jackie quilted this fun barbed wire meander across it that has little stars running across the wire:
This quilt came to be as the result of extra blocks I made for my Western Many Trips quilt...the Wagon Quilt. :) I used Bonnie Hunter's wildly popular tutorial from HERE .
I just set them together with a sashing and liked the end result. I didn't want these extra blocks to become orphan blocks and end up forgotten in a dusty project box and now I get to cross off another quilt from my UFO list!
I'm horrible about labeling my quilts, but I'm trying to be better about it. After all, I do have a machine that does most of the work for me. So I stitched this label I made a while back to the back of this quilt:
And by the way, this backing may be my most favorite ever:
I found it last winter in an Amarillo Quilt shop. Another finished quilt that will often be called into action during the cold months of winter:
9 comments:
Beautiful finish. You always have great photos. I love the star/barb wire quilting. Perfect for this quilt. Even the back is cool.
I thought my IPad was broken.... LOL. I kept tapping on 'home', but your post never changed! Sounds like your days have been filled.
It's cuddle weather here and your quilt looks like it would make a wonderful cuddle quilt. We just got back from warm sunny Florida and our weather was a real shock!!!
Hope you have time to fit in more quilting!!
Great looking quilt! Love how the quilting complements the fabrics....and such fun fabrics! I find that putting on the binding is the part that takes me the most time....probably because I procrastinate for ten times longer than it actually takes to do the job...LOL
I love the quilt, the backing, and the label - a wonderful finish!
I'm curious: do you wash your quilts after you tack the binding? I haven't washed any of mine. I have washed all the QOV that I've made because QOV recommends washing the finished quilts with a color catcher before presentation.
Great quilt! I love the colors. Tell us more about the wagon! It looks new, is it a chuck wagon or a "guest bedroom?" I'd love to sleep in it!
I love it!!!! I need to get back to quilting instead of all this other stuff I've been sewing.
You make the greatest scrap quilts! And that is a great backing . . .
Glad you are getting a smidgeon of quilting time in Karin. I've been wondering where you were, glad all is ok :)
Just getting around to reading more of my emails and came across your great quilt. I love that pattern too and plan to use some of my strips to make another one. I like the idea of sashing between the blocks. That would come in real handy now because it's 19 degrees tonight. Brrr. Happy Thanksgiving.
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