...also called a scrap quilt...
Designing and planning in my sketchbook
Designing and planning in my sketchbook
using all scrap materials that have accumulated over time
lots of pressing all the way along
laying out for colour placement... lots of shifting and moving around of the little blocks
... during the making of the quilt top we were renovating and rebuilding this little old house .. by the time I finished quilting it, we had finished laying the hardwood floors (that was back breaking work that we don't want to do again none too soon)
the back was pieced
the batt
the top ... sandwich is complete... 3 layers... now into the frames
Quilting in progress
rolled up so it doesn't take up so much room.
end of the first 200 m. spool of quilting thread
unwound and removing from frames
binding has been cut, sewn into a very long strip, pressed in half and is being sewn onto the quilt
trimming the excess
hand stitching the binding to the back
just wanted to see what it looked like in the winter light
back
The End ..
or maybe just the Beginning...
of enjoying a functional handmade beautiful object.
created at our little old homestead by Gwen Buchanan... with much Love
xo