Over the weekend I finished up my Sweet Love UFO! You might remember seeing the flimsy in THIS POST in July of 2020 when I finished piecing it. However I wasn't ready to quilt it as I really wanted to have another row of blocks so I didn't have a square quilt. So I put it in time out to have time to figure out what to do. I didn't think I had any of the Pie Making Day jelly left.
Fast forward a to last Friday when I was going through some fat quarters and what should I find but some scraps of this jelly left. Figured up what I needed and darn I am short a bit. So I decided to hunt through some other modern fabrics and found three I thought would blend enough. A hour later the blocks were done and sewn to the flimsy.
Next came the decision for the outer borders. The pattern from Villa Rosa Designs called Sweet Love called for just adding a 2" background for the border. Once again I wanted to do something a little different and add more borders. Up first was the 2" background border and then I got stumped as I didn't think the gray polka dot was going to work after all. A lot of time was spent interviewing different fabrics and nothing caught my eye. I really wanted that polka dot gray to work! So I left it overnight and then decided perhaps adding a dark gray skinny first would work. Saturday I texted a friend and got her opinion, she liked it. Pedal to the metal and I got those borders on.
Then I pinned it on the long arm and freehanded an allover lettuce leaf feather. Sunday the binding went on. Bing, Bang, Boom I have a finished UFO!!! Doing the happy dance:)
In December Marshall Dry Goods in Arkansas sent an email with their wide backings at a really good price. Being in business I can order wholesale, I bought a whole bolt of this gray wide backing with scrolls. The intent was to use it for my snowman table runner backings. But it was just perfect for this quilt, I still have lots left for those snowmen runners. My quilt finished at 64 x 68 I think. I need to measure and get better photos so I can list it in my shop.
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