Finally Finished

I started this mini quilt over the summer (apparently without a blog post)… finished the top in August…  mentioned it again in September… and that was as far as I got.

 

Armed with an (early) New Year’s resolution to sew more for myself and less out of obligation, I got back to it and finished it this week.

 

I’m not sure why I waited so long: I love this little quilt. It’s based on City Fair, for City Quilts by Cherry House, and the sun on the birch leaves outside my old office window. (I’ve moved offices since, but that’s another post for another time). By my count, it’s has ten different Kona solids.  I thought about hand quilting the whole thing with perl cotton (I found a pretty, variegated one in just the right mix of greens and yellows), but it was too much, visually. Instead, I did a few accent rows among the machine cross-hatching.

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daydreaming progress update

I’m making a new mini for my office wall, inspired by City Fair, from City Quilts

But my colors aren’t inspired by the city, but the leafy birch tree outside my office window – so I’ve got warm yellows and bits of sky blues peaking through lots of fresh greens.

Here’s the whole layout – the top is all pieced, now I need to decide about quilting. I’m considering handquilting it — it’s small enough to do it, but I haven’t decided et. Suggestion?

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