Patchwork of the Crosses was finished Sunday night – I quilted longer than I normally do at one sitting because I was getting so close to a finish – I just kept going even though I had told myself that I wasn’t going to I found myself finishing up at 10:30 PM – now to make some binding this week and finish it up. I quilted this one faster than I normally do – it is amazing how quickly it can be done if you steadily quilt about 1 to 2 hours an evening almost all the time – 3 and a half months it took 140 hours – much less than it did to make the top which was closer to 300 hours if I remember right (hand pieced)!! Wow I surprised myself. I will spread it out and take more photos after the binding gets on it and it is washed and crinkly looking. I am linking to Freemotion by the River today.
What the backing looks like – just plain muslin and the stitches show up nice with the variegated thread I used.
And then yesterday the quilting frame was pulled out from the wall and the second Dear Jane quilt “Insanity Revisited” was put on. Over all about 2 hours of work with lots of breaks! One day I really need to clean out below the frame – I keep saying that and it doesn’t get done. Now can I quilt this one as fast and keep on a roll? I have one quilt top waiting in line to be quilted – “Granny’s Got Style” I wonder how many more I can get finished before this one is taken off of the frame. Possibly Diamonds are Forever or Floral Fantasy – maybe both! that would be nice to get those two done.
Ready for work to begin.
But little work on the quilting got done – a beautiful day outside and a lot of reading took place instead. My beautiful roses – just love these.
Woo hoo on the finish! I can’t wait to see it washed and all crinkly, too. I love the back … who makes variegated hand quilting thread? Your roses are beautiful … mine are knockouts, so no long stems for putting in a vase.
Congratulations on a stunning finish Karen – love your POTC, looking forward to watching you quilt your DJ now 🙂
Congratulations on the finish…I have enjoyed watching you quilt this and it will be no different for the next one! 🙂
I love seeing your quilts in process and at the finish. Congrats on another quilt beautifully done. Inquiring minds want to know, what sort of thread will you be using on the dear jane quilt?
Wow hand pieced and hand quilted! Great job!
Congratulations on a stunning finish. I can’t wait to see it once you get the binding on. You really got that done in record time. Very impressive!
Your roses are glorious.
Love your Patchwork of Crosses quilt. I have never been brave enough to tackle hand piecing and hand quilting! Your roses are beautiful as well!
well done on getting Crosses done! Can’t wait for the pictures! So if you hand piece and hand quilt, how do you divide your time between the two? I machine piece, mainly machine quilt, but do embroidery too. I work on the machine at weekends, the evening is time for hand work in front of the TV with the hub (and in the car, when we have company, at other people’s houses…)
Yay! POTC is an incredible quilt. Wonderful to be through with the quilting and so close to being able to use it!
Wow — I can’t wait to see it with the binding on. What an achievement. I’m going to miss seeing that beautiful aqua on the quilting frame!!!
You have been a busy bee again! The variegated thread really gives a nice touch on the backing. Annd your Dear Jane is beautiful, too.
Hi Karen! Congratulations in finishing the Patchwork of the Crosses quilt, what a very nice quilt!. Love!
Madre mía !!!!
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gran trabajo
saludos
what a great finish! And starting on dear Jane, bless your heart! Love watching the progress.
Way to go, Karen. It looks great. Many hours will be put in on the Insanity Revisited but it will be gorgeous.
How exciting to have POTC done!
Congratulations Karen one down and how many to go LOL.. It has been fun seeing the quilting grow on this quilt though, now I’m looking forward to see DJ grow in to a completed quilt to. Love love these colours in your DJ. Stunning roses to, how dark they are so so beautiful. Cheers Glenda
Yay Karen! I am so excited to see POTC quilting complete! I love your quilting on it and the border! I really like the variegated thread! Can you share what brand it is? It is really pretty! I love the way it looks on the backing too! Congrats and can’t wait to see progress on DJR and the binding on POTC.
xo jan
Karen what a great job it looks fantastic! I love that Dear Jane and wondered are you going to quilt it in red?? or what thread are you going to use? That I would love to hand quilt
Well done Karen – that must feel wonderful to have such an achievement! Look forward to more finished photos.
Wonderful quilts and so beautiful quilting stitches! I love them!
Well done. What there is in the third photo from the top? At first sight I thought that there loom.