Then I went in search of the perfect sashing fabric. When I found the sashing, I put the project in the closet and let it age perfectly, until the time was right!
This year I got the bug to make bowtie blocks again. I remembered that I had some bowties aging somewhere, and went in search of the blocks. When I found them, I quickly sewed them together and sent the quilt top over to the senior's centre for hand quilting.Here are some of the ladies working on my quilt. I quilted with the ladies one day and worked on the block on the bottom left, because that's where the empty seat was!
I had bought some Warm and White batting because there was a lot of white in the quilt, and this batting package said there was no glue or resin, which I thought would be good for hand quilting. This was NOT good for hand quilting...in fact, it was terrible. I could barely get my needle into it. Even though I LOVE Warm and Natural and use if all the time for machine quilting, I won't buy the Warm and White again.
We tried that 1/4" quilters masking tape to avoid drawing pencil lines on the white fabric, but that drove me crazy...my thread kept getting stuck on the tape. Back to the pencil and ruler!
This was a perfect compromise for me...I got to enjoy some of the hand quilting, but the group finished most of the work for me, so that the quilt could be finished in record time...14 years!
Here is a bad photo of the finished quilt. I've been waiting for some sun to get a better photo, but we haven't seen the sun for a long time!
And how do we know a quilt is truly "finished"?!?!?
It has a label!
17 comments:
YEA!!! I'm sure you are happy to have another one DONE! Nice of the ladies to help you hand quilt.
good for you!!!
Congrats on getting another UFO done - it looks great. For documentation purposes you should take another photo of your son with it - just to show the time lapse!
I use W&W and W&N to machine quilt but you're right you don't want to quilt or TIE through it.
Congratulations on the finish! Very pretty quilt, the blue sashing works really well.
Awesome!! I love the sashing fabric, just right!!
Blessings,
Mary Lou
Wow! Your bow ties look great! You must have an excellent memory to have remembered this old UFO.
Yay for help with quilting! Yay for a finished beauty! Yay for labels! High fives all around :)
I did a 30s bowtie swap a few years ago too. I made the main quilt quite soon afterwards, but have just finished quilting a preemie quilt that uses up the last 6 blocks from that swap!! Love how you've done your quilt and HANDquilted too - brilliant :)
Love it! Congrats on the finish!
Way to go, I know how much you dislike that finishing thing. Was this one on you UFO list? Maybe seeing you in about a week or more...surprise!!
Congratulations on finishing it! I have been wanting to make a bowtie quilt for a long time. Yours is beautiful.
Congratulations on a new finish!
Must be great to have some near to help you handquilt your quilt!
Congrats on a fabulous finish!!
very nice and thanks for the inspiration to complete some of my oldies!!!
Kathy
Very nice - worth the wait!! Well done
Your quilt has been aged to perfection!
Love it!
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