This quilt is my new favorite. I love the colors and it turned out perfect. I tried a few new things with this quilt: 1) Instead of pinning the three layers together to quilt them, I decided to use some sticky spray that holds fabric together with the backing. It was so much better than using safety pins because it kept the fabric from bunching and puckering when I quilted it. I will definitely be using that more often! 2) Instead of off centering the quilt lines in diamond shapes like I've done before, I decided to follow the seam lines, and quilted 1/4" from both sides of the seams. I like how it turned out. 3) I made a "faux piped" binding using this tutorial: http://tlcstitches.blogspot.com/2010/07/faux-piped-binding-tutorial.html It gives the quilt a really nice, polished look. I will definitely be using this technique again.
On to the pictures! Here is the quilt top:
A close-up of the "faux piped" binding:
The backing:
The presentation. All ready to be sent off to Maxi and then to her friends! Hope they all love it!
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