I finished another small quilt today. Doing my part, staying apart gives me a lot of time for hobbies.
I have been a fan of sashing between squares but on this one I went into a completely different direction. I cut rectangular pieces and sewed the pieces next to each other.
Finished Size: 41.5" x 45.25" T
Front: Green Polka Dots ranged from small to very large across the fabric.
Rectangular pieces: 9.5" W x 5.0" T inches
Accents: Bright green 4.0" W x 5.0" T & Dark Green 2" W x 5" T
Backing: Green Geometric Fabric It needed to be pieced from 2 different pieces. I took the opportunity to add a polka dot strip to bring the front to the back.
Batting: Flannelette Sheet
Thread: Dark Green for the highlight stitching and binding. White for assembly and quilting
Binding: Same fabric as the front at the large dots end cut to 2 5/8 inches wide. Check out Fool Proof Quilt Binding video
Binding stitching: Stitch in the ditch. I pinned very closely
and had near perfect capture of the folded edge on the back. Used dark green thread for it to disappear.
Quilting: I chose the Quilt as You Go method across the rows of 5 inches. There is no top stitching on the quilt. The quilting was done with white thread which works with the light backing.
Lessons Learned:
Planning of the rows and which direction they were supposed to go would have prevented the dark green strip over 3 rows. Paying more attention. More math and planning may have produced better results. I am happy with the overall irregular layout of dot sizes.
I decided I need a few solids in each row to break up the very busy dot pattern.
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