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You could do show and tell or open thread, also, but either way, we need diarists to host. It is EASY if you're willing to take the chance. We NEED diarists! Your diary can be elaborate and full of photos, a simple story of your own quilting history or that of someone you love, a discussion of a current project or a technique you're learning, new adventures... You could post quilt retreat-day recipes (things like crockpot meals, so food appears without much attention from you)…
We could do show and tell or open thread, also, but either way, we need diarists to host. It is EASY if you're willing to take the chance.
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So, the very top fabric above is the outside edge of the Bargello quilt top, then the first border in the rose fabric, then a 2” strip of Bargello, then a wide green border.
All of this took lots and lots of time.
Next question: what backing. There could be a lot of fabric to go with this, but two years ago I went to Florida for an AQS class on dyeing. It was for a queen sized quilt back. We did some preliminaries, then did our monster piece. I did it in blue and gold. I wasn’t thinking of the Bargello quilt, just colors I like. I spent literally hours pinching, folding, rubber banding, etc. I was all set to dye. I was adding the dyes exactly as I wanted and the teacher came by and added blue to the center. I was not happy. That was supposed to be brilliant yellow. Whatever. Too late to change anything. It is so large, it doesn’t need any borders. My brother nearly died carrying this back to the hotel, sopping wet, where I started the long process of rinsing out the excess dye.
So when I was deciding what backing to use, I remembered this. I decided it would be an unusual, but neat backing fabric. It will be the summer side.
The quilting was done by my long arm quilter.
One of the things I like to do is save quilt and embroidery projects and finish them so they can be used as intended. This took a lot of work, but I’m glad I did it. A bonus pic of the quilt with our cat Rufus on it.
So how are your quilting projects going?