Finished!

Here we go! All finished! So here in true Vision On gallery style are a few pics (as if you haven't seen more than enough over the last few months! I promise that I'll stop after this!)









I have to say THANK YOU to everyone who has helped me along the way with this first quilt - experienced quilters who have helped out with the technical stuff, everyone who has posted lovely comments, and of course - because otherwise we would not be here at all - my talented big sister Helen who got the ball rolling in the first place with her Christmas present of a jelly roll & quilt book.

So what's this first quilt called? Well, Spring Garden Trellis is a bit on a mouthful, so I've settled on ...

See you for the next one!

So Near But Not Quite There!

I sat down and finished the hand sewing the binding this evening!

Joanna asked, 'Don't you love doing the binding?' and yes, I do! Not sure if it is because it makes the quilt look so neat, or if it means you're on the home straight, and will soon be using the quilt to keep toasty warm.

Actually, keeping toasty warm is the last thing needed at the moment - the weather has been warm and sunny for quite a while, and sitting sewing this evening with (a) a cat and (b) a quilt on my lap was a bit much.

I haven't quite finished, though, as I want to put a label on the back.


Colleague Rita suggested that I embroider it, which I am mulling over. She also suggested that a small pearl button in the centre of each of the corner flower would look good, and I'm mulling over that too.

What do need a bit of attention - irritatingly - are some of the ends of the first few flowers that I quilted. My initial thread securing method was not good, and I need to rectify a few loose ends.

Home Straight II

I've machined the binding onto the edge of the quilt this afternoon, and this evening I have been sitting in front of the television, hand-sewing it down.

It goes on a bit - but I am just over half way round, so another good session (or more likely two shorter ones), and I'll be done!

Binding...

...all cut, pieced, trimmed and pressed ready for sewing.

Home Straight!

I have finished quilting Spring Garden Trellis! Hurrah!

That's 20 flower motifs, 12 small circles, 18 pairs of leaves around the borders and 4 mini flowers in the corners. Of course, it has taken forever and a day, but I have enjoyed the journey immensely, and will not hesitate to embark on the next project with gusto.

All that remains to be done here, is to apply the binding. I did some sums, and I have enough of either the incredible shrinking cream fabric, or the dark yellow which is moonlighting in the Scatty Christmas Stars quilt, so which to choose?

Here is where Bilbo - as so often - is absolutely spot on with regard to quilting advice. She said,"As for binding, think of it as a picture frame. With that in mind the decision will make itself (probably!)"

Which it has without a doubt - laying out the trimmed quilt against both fabrics and it is obvious to me that it is the yellow option all the way.

I've just got to remember the binding lessons that I have learnt - for a start, I'll have to go back and check what width to cut the binding strips...

Corner Quilting

Just the other three corner motifs to quilt now, and then binding to finish.

So that means I will have to make my final decision for this quilt - what to use as binding?

I could use the incredible shrinking cream fabric (now washed and ironed, so hopefully no more shrinking), or the yellow of the skinny border (assuming I have enough) - there's going to be some measuring and maths going on later!

One to Go!

All but one of the leaf motifs are now completed, and the template for the corner flowers is cut out.

But I've done enough for tonight, and I do have some rather special bedtime reading lined up...