This Unity quilt is taking me soooo long to finish. I'm now starting the 3rd month with this as my UFO focus quilt. It's so funny that I thought I could finish this quilt in April! Perhaps I struggle a bit with having "unrealistic expectations" of myself! LOL
Progress continues to be made but it's a big quilt and each border needs a different quilting pattern, with different colours of thread. This border is being quilted with curved lines/arcs, which is generally my "go to" favourite design.
For the word 'courage' I quilted a wavy line in each letter using green thread. Then using white thread I quilted approximately 1/4" away from the edge of each line. Those lines are wobbly so we'll call that "organic" quilting - meaning free form, natural looking, ruler-free and spontaneous (and visually disturbing to some eyes).
This is how far it is quilted by the end of May. There is still 1 word and 5 more borders to quilt, plus the binding. So that's my goal for June - linking up to One Monthly Goal (again).
Kudos for sticking with it, Kathy. (I always think I can get things finished much quicker than the reality turns out to be.)
ReplyDeleteAnd what a special quilt this will be!
I’m sure you will get it finished this month. It will be such a good feeling when it is completed.
ReplyDeleteYou're still ahead of me if that helps. I have 2 Quiltville Mystery quilts plus this one in process or UFO totes. I love the addition of the words
ReplyDeletedefinitely a wonderful quilt and well worth the wait... and patience
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