Yeah! First quilt of the new year completed!! This scrappy quilt has only taken me six months to get it finished. It's been over a year since I did any quilting with my Davis. Sitting down to quilt with this vintage beauty was like having tea with an old friend that I hadn't seen for awhile. She had waited patiently for me. She treadled so smoothly--it was like we had worked together just yesterday.
Then came stitching down the binding with a decorative stitch from Singer. She also performed effortlessly.
I had put a yellow flange on the backside of the quilt to dress the back up and bring out the yellows in the Chickadees.
My father loved watching and feeding wild birds, and his favorites were the Cardinals and Chickadees. My mom loves Bittersweet, and the berries in the design looks like American Bittersweet. So when I saw this fabric, I knew I must have it to use in one of my quilts.
The bird fabric could have been used as large blocks to give the back of the quilt a more pieced, pattern look, but I just wanted to get the quilt done.
Many of the scrapes came from my mom, but there are many that came from me. I plan to make this year the year of scrappy quilts since I have a large stash of fabrics.
I probably have enough scraps cut and stored in boxes to make a copy ... and even some of those prints look like mine. I do love that backing print and those birds are tops on my list too.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I love those birds too.
DeleteYea, a great finish! I haven't sewn this year (on a trip right now), but, I did find a lovely Frister & Rossman hand crank yesterday, that is coming home with me.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Sounds like a rewarding trip.
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