Wednesday quilt finish

And the double wedding ring quilt is done done.

58 by 68 inches.  I looked up on the internet how to smoothly finish binding, and got recommendations from a quilt mailing list I am on.  I had to tussle with the quilt, and the first time I tried it I twisted one end of the binding.  I almost cried.  But I unsewed the binding ends, untwisted the binding and tried again.  It worked!  And I can tell you that the directions given for double fold binding also works for single fold binding.

A close up of the edge, though not of the final join:

Linking up with Let's Bee Social, Midweek Makers, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Busy Hands quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

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Wednesday Quilt progress

Hello and welcome to my blog, where I try to post weekly.

No finish, but I am so close!  I am hand binding my double wedding ring quilt, which I spent much of the last 6 months hand quilting.  I am using single fold bias binding (to get around those curves) and I have to hand sew it down on the front and the back.  I have made it around 3.5 sides of the quilt and have only a few scallops to do.

A portion of the finished binding.  I hope to report a finish early next week.

Linking up with Let's Bee Social, Midweek Makers, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Busy Hands quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

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Tuesday quilt: current progress

Hello and good afternoon from here.  I am running late today.
I'd like to share my current progress on a long standing UFO. (Unfinished object).  I started cutting pieces for this in 1993 (!) and really ramped up piecing in 2017.  I have been hand quilting this off and on in 2018 and in the beginning of this year.

A double wedding ring quilt, with 30's reproduction fabrics and a soft pale orange background fabric.  I am down to the last corner of the quilting - you can see my hoop in the upper right of the photo.
Pattern and templates from Shar Jorgenson Quilting in the Heartland, and the quilting template is from her company too.  I doubted I could find another that would fit the size of the rings and the "melons".
I marked the quilt in pencil, sometimes unfortunately with a heavy hand.  Below is a close up showing fabrics used and the quilting.

Overall the quilting has been a meditative experience.  Daunting at first, thinking of all the quilting ahead of me.  But I am almost done!
Next daunting step:  Trim, and apply bias binding by hand, both sides (no machine work).  I think single fold binding.  I've never bound a quilt with curved edges so this shall be interesting!  Any advice appreciated.

Linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Let's Bee Social, Silly Mama quilts, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Busy Hands quilts.

Viridian

May 2 quilt project update

Hello again! I did not plan to be away from my blog for so long, but paid work gets in the way.

Today I am updating you on my progress on my Double Wedding Ring quilt, still in pieces in my last blog entry.  Well it is now all pieced, layered, and basted.  In fact I am more than 1/3 of the way through hand quilting it.

And a close up (with shadows, sorry) of the hand quilting.

I used the templates from Quilting from the Heartland by Sharlene Jorgenson, and a quilting template also provided by this company.  With the templates and careful cutting and sewing, everything comes together!  But I doubt I'll do another project like this - so many curved seams.  Still, so pretty....

I am linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River as I do most weeks I have projects to share. Follow the link to pictures of pretty quilt blocks and other projects.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

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Feb. 14 Tuesday Project

And this is a project in progress, and will be for some time.
And appropriate for today, now that I think about it!
A double wedding ring quilt top:

Pieces on my floor - I don't have a design wall.  A close-up:

This is an old old UFO from the 1990's (!!)  I am using templates and instructions from Shar Jorgeson, available at that time. The instructions say to NOT sew into the connecting fabric corners until the very end, so I have not.   I am also using reproduction fabric available from the 1990's.  As for future quilting, I think I will have it machine basted, and hand quilt it.

I am linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River as I do most weeks I have projects to share. Follow the link to pictures of pretty quilt blocks and other projects.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

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