After 4 months, I finally have a finished quilt to share🎉 I'm still not sewing, but I'm finally finding some time to work on bindings in the evenings and slowly (very slowly) but surely, that translates to finished quilts.
In October 2021, I gifted this quilt to dear friends. You can read about that quilt HERE
I loved making it and wasn't ready to stop making those fun blocks and playing with those wonderful fabrics. So what's a girl to do but make another quilt! Some hourglass blocks were traditional and some were scrappy.
At one point, I saw where Jo, of Jo's Country Junction, had designed a clever border for one of her quilts and I thought it would be perfect for this project. You can find her post HERE. I made my border just a little differently by making the hourglass border blocks completely neutral. I wish I had added another round on the border, but I love the idea so thank you Jo!
At 85" x 95" I was tempted to back it with a 108, but I used this print instead.
I've had this in my stash for...goodness...probably close to a dozen years and I had at least 10 yards of it. Years ago, there was an awesome quilt shop in the little town of Brady, Texas and I'd stop every time I drove through there. They carried quilt store quality fabrics and they were $3-$5 / yard. This was one of those fabrics and it is absolutely perfect for this quilt. Sadly, they are no longer in business.
This is my first finish since we moved. I'm trying to find good places for quilt photos
I'm such a creature of habit and had spots that worked well where we lived before. The old dilapidated chicken coop was such a great backdrop. Alas, the little chicken coop that is here, isn't going to work and it's built into one of the horse stalls in the barn. We'll tear it down and put up a new coop in a different spot. So, these photos will just have to do for now.
I love a scrappy binding
I love this color combination of reds and tans and blues so much that I'm not ruling out another quilt in this color scheme. Heaven knows I've still got plenty of fabric. There's something classic and timeless about an hourglass quilt
Our barn here is adobe so I can't use it for full quilt photos, but the deck makes a great canvas and I don't even need to drag out a ladder.
60° in December and a finished quilt? Yes please!
