I got my contributor’s copy a week or 2 ago, but my subscription copy came today:
check out Swirlabout on page 60, you might recognize the machine quilter’s name!
(Image is from and links to the Quiltmaker website. The quilt was designed by Scott Murkin.)
Isn’t it a great quilt??? It was hard to send it back. I quilted this right around the first of the year, and have just been waiting and waiting to be able to mention it.
Having told you what I PLANNED to do, I figured I ought to come back and show you the fruits of my labor.
The frogging didn’t take long, and a goodly amount of quilting happened on the quilt that had the pleats in the back:
As far as the 4 patch posy quilts goes: the outer borders are on, and as a bonus, the backing is sewn together:
No idea how I’m going to quilt it. I’ll let you know later this week….
And those log cabins with the ridiculous sashing:
I misspoke (mistyped?) yesterday. I said the tiny pieces in the sashing finished at 1 in. by 3/4in. I was wrong. It’s crazier than that: they finish at 1/2 in. by 3/4 in.
And they are done:
I was contemplating that print as a border option, but I think I’m going to go with a dark purple border, as a resting place before the insanity that will be the outer piano key border.
And no, the quilt is not all that flat, thankyouverymuch. It’s OK, though. I know the quilter. She says she can quilt it out.
