Whoo-hoo! My hand pieced Work In Glacially Slow Progress is now a finish. Label, sleeve, and hand-stitched binding and all. I put the very last stitches in the sleeve earlier this week.
It's much too big to photograph on my back yard wall, but I'll get a full photo of it sometime. Meanwhile, here it is FINISHED, draped over my sofa and coffee table.
Wool batting, beautiful drape.
My friend Sandy quilted it for me, with several different motifs in the hexies and continuous curves in the triangles.
I'm really pleased with how it turned out.
This quilt is now named How Many, and I want to thank everyone who helped make it over a 13 year span.
Hand pieced by 33 members of CSQ Piecing Group
345 different batik fabrics in the top
126 hexies with 18 pieces each
756 pieced triangles
2268 little kite shaped pieces
420 black triangles and 56 black half-triangles including borders
2744 total pieces in the top
12 years to piece the top over 8 go-rounds of Piecing Group
Backing custom dyed by Vicki Welsh of Colorways by Vicki
About 96" x 98"
Link Ups: Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Alycia Quilts, Wendy's Quilts and More, My Quilt Infatuation
It absolutely glows!
ReplyDeleteWow! Amazing and congrats on a beautiful finish
ReplyDeleteWow! That is a lot of pieces and a lot of hand stitching. What a beautiful treasure you have created!
ReplyDeleteSounds like it's the end of an era. Congratulations for the finish.
ReplyDeleteCelebration time!!! Congratulations!! And a backing custom dyed by Vicki is just what this project deserves. Did you think when you started it would take 13 years?
ReplyDeleteI think I heard 13 sighs of relief that it is done;) What a beauty.
ReplyDeleteJust amazingly beautiful!!! That’s an heirloom for sure!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. What a big labor of love from so many hands and hearts!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! I love the setting. I have some wool batting that I am anxious to try. It must be very warm.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing up this beauty, Jan!!
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