When I first joined quilt club, a lady named Brenda (who I haven't seen at the guild in a couple years) taught me something called English paper piecing. Since then, I've brought part of this project to work on at nearly every guild meeting. After all this time, I finally finished this quilt.
There have been a lot of ups and downs. I would get SO bored with it and not want to work on it at all. Other times I would work on it seemingly non stop. I set myself a goal of getting it done in time for the quilt show, which is coming up on April 20th and 21st. I got the top piecing done in February. My super awesome aunt Tracy did the top quilting in less than a week for me. She did a fantastic job. My other aunt Ali hand delivered the quilt to me at work so I could finish it up.
Putting the edging on this was probably the worst part of the whole process. I had to sew around the jagged edge of the blanket two times. It took a painfully long time. Then I had to carefully trim all the extra fabric and batting off before turning it right side out. This also took a painfully long time. Hand sewing the rest down was the easiest part of the whole finishing project.
In the end, I am really pleased with the outcome despite the quilt being so small for four years of work. It's about 56" x 68". It will be proudly displayed at the quilt show, and I would love to have everyone come see it. I'm also showing my two challenge projects. They are just two smaller wall hangings.
I remain impressed :).....Tracy
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