Last night I finished my disappearing nine-patch. I’m really happy with the way it turned out!
Overall, I’ve enjoyed the process. I’ve learned so much with this smaller scale project. Instead of making my own binding, I used two packages of double-folded quilt binding and sewed it on with machine. (I know, it’s a total time-saver, maybe I’ll hand sew bindings someday…) I like the color choice, a deep raspberry-burgundy, but the binding is very, very wide. It’s about 7/8″ wide, which I hadn’t put much thought into while I was purchasing it. I’ve spent a lot of time looking through flickr and other crafty blogs, and seen many doll quilts with a very thin binding. It looks nice and understated. That’s the plan for my next quilt. Maybe 1/4″ or less, we’ll see.
I think it’s easier to see the quilting when taking a look at the back.
I used a forest green solid, and made a colorful strip with the scraps from the back. I tried very diligently to make the strip perfectly straight! Better luck next time, I suppose. For the machine quilting, I taped the quilt into four sections, and made concentric rectangles all the way to the edge using masking tape. I’m happy with the way it turned out. It’s a little bit funky, but still understated.
I haven’t completely decided what to do with this quilt, maybe I will actually keep this one! I also haven’t decided on my next quilting project. I saw some fun Robert Kaufman fabric at the store recently, and I think it would look nice for an Out of the Box quilt from the Modern Quilt Workshop. But I’ve also wanted to tackle a wonky log cabin. Decisions, decisions!
