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| Old Town center complete |
Goal number five on my March
list was to continue to make progress on my version of Bonnie Hunter's Old Town mystery. At the end of February, I had managed to sew the center of the project together.
My friend, Alvera, added an aqua skinny border to her quilt. I liked how that border brought out the blue color in her quilt. I decided to follow suit. I had to dig around in my stash for another piece of blue because I used up all the larger chunks of my aqua and blue fabric on the center.
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| Center with the first border |
Stitching the skinny blue border was not easy. My center measured within a quarter of an inch of the width measurement versus the length measurement which was about half an inch less than Bonnie's measurement. I didn't measure the outer edges; but, I did need to ease all four sides!
The fabric I used I purchased years ago at a stash bazaar. I pre-washed it. I was surprised that it was only 36 inches wide! I cut the border strips lengthwise and carefully stitched them to the quilt top. I like how blue the top reads!
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| Pinned and ready to stitch |
Next I stitched the four patch border. It was tricky because it was important to begin with one color of the four patch on the sides and the other color was used to begin the top and bottom borders. If there is a way to create a different pattern, I will find it!
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| Second border stitched |
The sides went on easily. I had to ease the top and bottom borders a small amount. My four patches were too large. I pinned the borders in place and stitched them. Again, I liked how the top still read blue.
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| Last border in progress |
The final border was red and white squares alternating each other. Just like with the four patch border, it was important to begin with a certain color for the sides and another color for the top and bottom borders.
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| Finished top |
Once I had stitched the borders to the project, the top was finished! Hooray! I will be ordering blue fabric to back the quilt. I plan to use a light wool batting and I will be paying a longarmer to quilt it. I plan to gift the finished quilt to my oldest daughter whose favorite color is aqua/turquoise.
1 comment:
What a courageous woman you are. I wouldn't have tackle such a border after another border, after another border. No, thank you! But YOU did and it looks AWESOME! You rock! Congrats! ;^)
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