Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Nearly done now!


I came home from the beach to find my quilt was ready!  Laurie, my quilter, is AMAZING.  The more I looked at the various bright squares the more I thought they looked like those high res photos of galaxies and space phenomena you see on calendars or the Discovery Channel, so the star/flame pattern suits the quilt perfectly.  I realized that this is the second quilt I've made to have a bright yellow back to it - Owen's quilt has a yellow satin back.  JJ chose the yellow (this is his quilt) and I think he was absolutely right.  It shows off the variegated thread perfectly.  I love how the thread changes color and highlights the colors in the squares beneath - a special little extra in an already fun-to-look-at quilt - who knew it could get better??  Now comes the task of binding the thing.  It's a relatively small quilt - just big enough for Daddy and two boys to cuddle beneath - but since one side of the binding has to be hand sewn it will probably take me the rest of the year to finish unless I get a real bee in my bonnet.  But for now I'm just pleased as punch to have it back and looking so beautiful!

2 comments:

Lynda said...

Fabulous, fabulous job! The yellow in particular pops so well. The points are beautifully done. I can't stop my eyes wandering all over the quilt looking at all the interesting bits. The quilting pattern is superb as is the choice of thread.

Dana said...

Absolutely gorgeous!