Yay!! I managed to finish another quilt on the weekend... and here it is..
It was made for Ryleigh... a gorgeous baby girl, born earlier this month to good friends of mine... I decided to make this a Quilt As You Go project... It is made up of 4 panels (fronts and backs)... here they are, ready for the quilt sandwich...
It was made for Ryleigh... a gorgeous baby girl, born earlier this month to good friends of mine... I decided to make this a Quilt As You Go project... It is made up of 4 panels (fronts and backs)... here they are, ready for the quilt sandwich...
And here are the quilted panels... ready for joining... You can see how I do this in an earlier link here...http://leeannegilbert.blogspot.com/2009/03/this-is-how-i-quilt-as-you-go.html
Once the panels are all joined together, I trim up the edges and attach the binding...
I always use a Walking Foot to attach my bindings... it stops anything sliping and shifting, which can sometimes cause an uneven binding... I also made the decision to stich down the binding using my machine.. I do like to hand stitch my bindings but I needed to get this quilt finished and so I used the Walking foot and slowly and very carefully stitched down the binding...
I'm really happy with how it has turned out...
Here is the finished quilt... after washing and drying... I never pre wash my fabric... but I always wash and tumble dry it when it's finished... I do this because I absolutely LOVE the antique look of the fabric once it shrinks down and the batting fluffs up...
The finished look is very soft and snuggly...Although I am quite particular with my piecing, I don't worry about little imperfections in my quilts... it adds to that rustic Antique charm I am looking for...
All washed, dried and folded...
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