I did my granddaughter's first. Her nursery is a mermaid's paradise! I quilted in some wavy water, seaweed, a few fish, and a few hearts and other motifs that were in the theme fabric in the border.
The quilting shows up better on the back.
In my attempt to do some stash-busting, I have been piecing my quilt backs from whatever fabrics might coordinate with the quilt top.
The next quilt was for my great-nephew, Lucas. His top is a riot of bright colors and jungle animals. I decided to do some balloon-type round shapes, with some sunbursts and other shapes thrown in when I got bored.
All was going well until I got to the last four or five inches from the bottom. I was getting ready to baste the bottom edge to the batting and backing and take out the pins.
Uh-oh!
I ran out of backing fabric. If I kept on quilting, I would be sewing right into the canvas leaders!
I just took the quilt off the machine and brought it home to add some more fabric. Of course I did not have any more of the blue fabric. Notice I had already added some pieced fabrics from the top to extend the blue fabric a bit.
When I trimmed the extra fabric from the other sides, I had enough left to add a narrow strip to the bottom. Then I had to quilt the last few inches on my home sewing machine. Oh, my! Not easy to make nice circles and loops.
But it's done! I have cut the pieces for his bias striped binding. I love the way bias stripes make a candy-cane effect around the edge of the quilt. Will show the bindings next time.
We are leaving for a long weekend in the mountains for Easter weekend. It should be cold, but not rainy. I am ready for spring!
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