Winter Solstice quilt is done

 Hot off the sewing machine, where I have been machining on the binding!

I described the start of this project in this post, and more about the progression of the project in this post.

I picked up the quilt this morning from my long-armer, who does such a wonderful job.  Well I couldn't wait to trim and bind - especially as we are leaving in two days to visit my dad and my mom, who is going to receive this quilt as an early birthday present.  ("Hello, it's one of the hottest days of the year - here is a quilt!")

An overall look:

The backing is a Stonehenge wide backing fabric.  And a closer look:

The pattern is Winter Solstice, designed and copyrighted by Patti Carey.  This version is about 56 by 69 inches, though the pattern also has instructions for a queen sized version.

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Winter Solstice top is done

Good day and welcome to my blog.  It's a warm day in the American Midwest, with a promise of thunderstorms later in the day. 

I detailed in a previous post how I had started a complex (for me) quilt pattern called Winter Solstice.  I am happy to report that the top is done:

Laid out on my design floor, as I don't have a design wall.  The top is about 56 by 69 inches, and I do not plan on adding a border. I followed the suggested fabric choices given by the pattern.  I think it turned out well.

It is off to the long arm quilter today, and I hope to get it back and bind it before June 16, when the family and I will be traveling east to visit my mom and dad.  Recall that this is a gift for my mom.

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Winter Solstice start

 Good day and welcome to my blog!  I'd like to report on a project that has been simmering in the quilting room for a while.

Firstly:  My mom saw this pattern, and a sample, at a lovely quilt shop in Massachusetts:

She fell in love with it and we bought the range of fabrics (Stonehenge and related fabric lines) suggested by the pattern, with only a few substitutions.  I am making the throw size.

Here they are laid out on my "design floor", to check for value.  Put aside for a while, but I decided to work on this now, with a bit more time available to me.

To start: I made a guide so that I could quickly refer to fabric numbers mentioned in the instructions.

The pattern says it is for intermediate to advanced quilters and I would agree.  No inset seams, but somewhat complex instructions that you should read several times before cutting into your fabrics.

There are "tree" blocks and "mountain" blocks.  I have made the tree blocks, and am in the midst of making the mountain blocks (at top of quilt).  The quilt is assembled in columns and I have the columns partially sewn together.  Here's what I have for now:

I hope to get the rest done in a few weeks, and send it off to the long arm quilter that I use.  This will be a Christmas or Birthday present for mom.  I have in hand recently ordered Stonehenge wide backing fabric for the back.  This backing fabric came from Backside Fabrics.

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