Groundhog Day - The Quilt

Groundhog Day has happened!

I got so excited after sewing the rows together

that I forgot to take photos of the flimsy -

so here is a photo of the top being pin basted to the backing.

I took this photo immediately after I finished quilting 

the quilt with horizontal wavy lines.

I simply adore the texture

and the way it looks on the back of the quilt.

I couldn't bear to toss those last few string segments,

so I pieced them into the back.

After a false start on the binding (wrong color),

I went with a turquoise solid.

And then we were off to the park for a photo shoot

on a chilly windy morning.

I was going to take photos of the quilt

draped over the railings of the wooden bridge

but the wind nearly stole the quilt

and tried to toss it into the creek 

so we returned to the much safer playground area.

  

The sunlight threw some interesting shadows.

51" wide x 63" long

This finish comes nearly 2 years after I purchased

the Cherrywood fabrics at Spool (now closed) in Chattanooga.

And SO worth all the dithering and design changes

that happened along the way!

Quiltdivajulie

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"If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies... Do it in the 'closed' mode. But the moment the action is over, try to return to the 'open' mode... because in that mode we are the most aware, most receptive, most creative, and therefore at our most intelligent."
John Cleese