Lot's of measuring, lots of cutting ... I got a bit confused over how to pin the circle quarters to the background fabric on each quarter, but got there eventually. My measuring obviously wasn't spot on as there was quite a bit on wonkyness in this. I got the main front of the quilt done a while back:
I then stalled for quite a while as it was the next bit I was nervous about - actually quilting the damn thing. I got some lovely green backing fabric and some batting and eventually got going. It didn't work out for a while as there seemed to be an issue with tension on my sewig machine I spent ages testing on scraps and trying to get it right. In the end I worked out that there was an issue with my bobbin - once I swapped bobbins it was all good.
Well, I say all good, but this project has shown that I don't have complete control over my sewing machine - my straight lines aren't exactly straight! I quilted along both sides of the main seams across. Also, in areas of extreme wonkyness I had to add in extra fabric to square it off.
Interestingly, I quite enjoyed making my binding. I got a thin quarter of yellow fabric and sewed strips together with a diagonal seam. Sewing the binding fabric onto the front of the quilt with the machine was a joy ... hand sewing it onto the back was not so fun. I think I see the purpose of a thimble now!
But it's done. And I think it looks fab.
The colours are perfect for my spare room - we've got a green sofa bed from Ikea in there and a print of my favourite painting, Surprise! by Henri Rousseau, which has a lot of green and yellow in it. One day, I plan to paint the room yellow!
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