I think this is probably my fastest quilt top finish ever!
I cut it out Saturday 20 September and completed sewing the top together on Sunday 21 September!
I had a weekend in Melbourne three weeks ago with dear friends. So dear, that my girlfriend, who isn't even slightly into quilty stuff drove me halfway across Melbourne to Amitie (one of my top five favourite quilt shops) to pick out fabric for the back.
One half rainy days - since we all have some sad and dreary rainy days in our lives - and one half coming up flowers...although in this case they are more a kind of Asian inspired chrysanthemum!
So now, with quilt top finished, since I and my sewing machine are in Perth, and Niece S is in Wellington, we will go through some complicated logistics, planned to go like this:
- I send top and back to Wellington with my hubby (who was with me in Perth, with kids, for the school holidays)
- meanwhile back in Perth I make up a quilt label from bits on leftover fabric
- Hubby takes quilt to Sue Burnett, professional quilter extraordinare, in Wellington, for a simple all over rose pattern
- then I keep my fingers crossed that Sue might be able to quilt it for me before I have a week back in NZ in mid November
- if so, I buy something to bind it with, and borrow my sister-in-laws machine to finish it off - then...
- my favourite step...I get to hand it over in person to Niece S as her late birthday and early Christmas present.
It's a grand plan...no room for anything to go wrong there....
Do you like the duck wondering what on earth these mad people are doing?
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