Last week I picked up my Eva Package Quilt that I had 4/5 of the way machine quilted. I decided that it was high time I finished quilting it and marked complete.
I finally finished the quilting one evening last week and prepped the binding the following night. I wrapped it around an empty spool of thread that I had just emptied while finishing the quilting to bring with me to retreat.
While at retreat, I machine stitched the binding to the top and after dinner and a couple of margaritas the first night, I decided it would probably be best if I didn't try to stitch a straight line or use my rotary cutter. I ended up hand sewing about 3 feet of binding that night while chatting with everyone. The rest of the binding was finished last night.
I brought the quilt to the park this morning on my way to work and took a few pictures of the finished quilt. I love how it came out and can't believe I waited this long to finish it.
I love the way the early morning sunrise hits the quilt in this photo and just makes the quilt glow.
Here's the back. Normally I like my backs to be all one fabric, but I wanted to use what fabric I had on hand, so I added the pink stripe to the purple for this back. I love simple backings. I added a label on the bottom right corner.
Here's a closeup of the back and binding. My quilting is FAR from perfect, but that doesn't keep me from enjoying the quilt. I got the inspiration for this quilting design from Judi at Green Fairy Quilts here.
And here's the front with the binding.
YAY!
While at retreat, I machine stitched the binding to the top and after dinner and a couple of margaritas the first night, I decided it would probably be best if I didn't try to stitch a straight line or use my rotary cutter. I ended up hand sewing about 3 feet of binding that night while chatting with everyone. The rest of the binding was finished last night.
