This weekend, I finally finished quilting Norma’s quilt . . .
It turned out better than I expected, and completely different than planned.
Originally, I planned on a simple diagonal cross-hatch across the face of the quilt. Because the top was not square and flat, I needed a way to ease in a little fullness (and sometime a lot!!) as I quilted.
My friend Tom suggested quilting in the ditch, which I hadn’t even considered because there were a LOT of seams to stitch over. I embraced his suggestion, and it turned out to be the best possible solution for easing in fullness on a seam-by-seam basis.
I stitched along ALL the seam lines, even the seams joining short sections together. It was my way of leaving as small a footprint as possible on this quilt.
Here’s how I prepared to attach the binding.
First, I stitched along all the seams of the border sections.

Then, I zig-zagged along the edges.

I trimmed the excess backing and batting close to the edges, and zig-zagged along the edges a second time.
Here’s what the quilt looks like (though the lighting doesn’t do it justice).

This evening, after work, I’m buying satin for the binding. I’m leaning toward gold, since gold is a predominant color, but we’ll see.
How do YOU like it?? Please leave a comment, thank you.
Yes! I think the quilt looks great. You did a great job. Quilting this type of fabric is not easy but you handled it well!!
Thank you, Rhonda . . . it certainly was a learning experience.