Sorry about the wait. I had every intention of photographing this quilt to have a post ready by Tuesday morning, but I had a laundry delay. Due to a load of damp towels in the dryer (hate when that happens), I wasn't able to dry the quilt as soon as I wanted, and by the time the quilt was dry, I was too pooped.
What took me so long to finish this thing? I pieced the top in December, bought the backing fabric in January, but then didn't touch it again until a few weeks ago. I had to look back at my blog archives to figure out which fabrics I had wanted to use for the back. I don't think I planned on using the yellow fabric for the binding, but I like it. I'd have to refer to my archives again, but I'm pretty sure I pieced the top by just sewing fabric scraps together until I had a "block", then I sewed the blocks together without using any sashing. I love improvisational piecing. It has totally spoiled me on traditional piecing.
I quilted this using only horizontal straight lines. I love it. I'd sew one direction, turn it around, then sew the other way. When I finished it looked like waves. I was very curious to see how it would turn out after washing & drying. I'm so happy the waves are still there. I did a much better job making my "quilt sandwich" this time, so there were very few puckers during my quilting. In case you were wondering, I don't use a walking foot. I just speed through a straight stitch on my industrial sewing machine. That thing sews so fast! One day I'd like to try stippling or some type of free motion quilting, but this machine doesn't have the ability to drop the feed dogs and I don't have a darning foot. One day maybe, but for now I'm happy with my straight lines.
I know when I pulled this back out to work on I said that this would be our soccer game quilt, but I'm not so sure about that. I love it too much to lay on the ground! Yep, it's my new favorite.
**it is impossible to take a photo of a quilt on the floor without Ruby laying on it. I was able to get her off for one photo, but she left her pig ear right in the middle of the quilt. Silly dog!
