Saturday, June 29, 2024

I've got closure ....

I have FINALLY finished a quilt I started in 2002. I originally blogged about it on February 11, 2007 as part of a UFO compilation project and again on April 2, 2018

The issue I had was, how do I finish this project? I had originally started to hand quilt it. That was before I knew better about batting. I used Warn & Natural, which is not the easiest to hand quilt, especially their earlier version. I knew that I did not want to continue with the hand quilting, however ... how do I complete it? I also did not want to do any ditch/ruler work. I just wanted it done and out of my brain space!

Then, on June 9, I decided to load it onto Penelope and go for it ... it's Panto time!

I kept the hand quilting and machine quilted over it.

I like how it turned out. I don't have a problem with having both hand and machine quilting. I'm, going to let the historians figure out what happened here! lol 


As you can imagine, having that quilt sit around for over two (2) decades, it needed a good washing. There were some stains from the cats sitting on it that I could not get out, I can live with that ... patina! 

I'm just glad that it's finally done! 


Thanks for stopping by! Cheers!

3 comments:

loulee said...

Beautiful quilt, you must feel good getting it completed.

Chookyblue...... said...

Wow and it still is just as pretty....... Great colour selections.......
Having a laugh about what the historians will make of the combined quilting styles....... Lol oh to be a fly on the wall for that conversation.......

Thimbleanna said...

What a pretty quilt! I chuckled reading your descriptions -- Congratulations on a great finish!

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