Whew!
She is a BIG and heavy quilt.
The quilting came out really well: Acadia pantograph. I wanted something curvy and with some hint of plants.
I can never resist trimming a quilt at this stage–so I did stop everything and trim her. I had already cut the binding, so I sewed the lengths together and ironed it. Today I’ll sew on the binding before I do anything else quilty. The binding is that same lavender (Kona Thistle).
I used a medium grey thread, which worked really well front and back, which is a medium to lighter grey.
We got a little rain over the past two days. Not so much as an inch though. I’ll take what I can get–it’s more than I could put down with the hose. And it will be warmer and humid today–not quite 80 though.
Our family is starting to gather for Thanksgiving: one grandson flew in from college last night late; the other comes Tuesday. Three Enright families (sisters) from Boston rented a beach house and most of them are coming today. DIL’s brother and fiancé are coming from Minnesota. Altogether we will be 32 by last count.
It will all be a “party in motion” starting this weekend.
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