A Third Pinning, and a Finish

After a few days my back agreed to coöperate and I got a third top pinned.

By this point I was fast running out of my bendy basting pins and had to scrounge through all the other sizes I've collected over the years. I eked them out and didn't have to resort to the diaper pins (or those equivalent in size) that I also have.

This one is sandwiched with the pieced back I made from more of the large-print, medium hued florals I'd pulled from the CF!Q legacy fabrics bins. The computer plan looks like this . . .

. . . but the actual back will be revealed when the quilt is finished, as usual.

Speaking of actual backs, I've got one to show you, along with the front. Another finish!

72" x 89"

A close look at the backing fabric:

I Terry Twisted all over the top, including the diagonals when they occurred . . .

. . . using King Tut "Sphinx" in the light squares, YLI "Dusk" in the others, and black in the bobbin.

 

The binding was created from a Fat Quarter of these two fabrics . . .

. . . which I finally (after how many decades?) realized would be smartest to lay one over the other, with the stripes going the same way, before cutting my 2" binding strips. I was happy to hand over the finished product yesterday at our monthly meeting (Community First! Quilters), ready to provide another new resident with a cozy quilt for their new home.

This is the third sandwich I've made with the CF!Q's stash of batting. It's a polyester product and feels scratchy to the bare skin as I work with it, but my Warm & Natural stash is dwindling . . .

. . . and I'd rather save what's left of that roll for personal projects and the quilts for Sleep in Heavenly Peace. There's also a CF!Q roll of green stuff that is purported to be made of recycled plastic bottles. I suppose I'll be working with that down the road too, at the rate I'm going!