Shhhh....it's a secret but I don't think I'm revealing too much at all as to the owner of this little quilt.
I've been participating in a mini quilt round robin. We each start with a center block and it gets passed around several times - once for the first border, then the second border and finally the last person does the quilting and binding.
I'm the last person to work on this little quilt so I'm supposed to do the quilting and binding.
But first I had to fix the first border. The first border is the green,yellow,orange-red strips along with some little prairie points. I'm not even sure what that fabric is but I am told it can't be ironed. The strips were not sewn together but were kind of overlapped and in one spot (above) the green fabric didn't meet up and cover the yellow border so there was some green frayed exposed edge. I did the best I could to tack it down but decided to embroider some vines and leaves all around the center block and then added some daisy trim in places here and there. Those daisies covered the frayed area splendidly.
I then added some big stitching on the first border in green and yellow.
Now that that part is finished I've been working on quilting the rest of it with regular hand quilting thread. But I can't show that part yet. It will give away too much. All will be revealed in time! I'm almost finished!
I'm going to join the virtual quilting bee Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts where there's a whole bunch of hand work going on.
Nice save on covering the frayed edge of the green, it's so cute!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job with this creative opportunity!
ReplyDeleteIf it were my quilt, I'd be thrilled with your creative problem solving.
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative solution! Well done!
ReplyDeleteGreat solution and those daisy really look nice! Can't wait to see the whole thing
ReplyDeleteI love the daisy fix. I am looking forward to seeing the finished quilt.
ReplyDeleteWell if you hadn't told the world Cathy, no one would have know this was a fix and not a design feature! It is looking fabulous.
ReplyDeleteWonderful and creative fix!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea, Cathy. The daisies look machine made, like those ribbons of flowers I used to see in the notions department. Is that what you used? Did you simply tack them down? I think they cover the frayed spot perfectly and am not sure a lazy daisy stitch would have done well. I like your leaves in a variety of greens.
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