Comfort Quilt, Finished

 Chris said she unpacked the quilt, took one look at it and knew exactly how this quilt should be quilted. I adore the variegated black and white thread she used, and I love the quilting design.

I think I'm going to have to name this quilt "Over The Top"  because every aspect of this quilt goes over the top, and yet the quilt doesn't look like "too much."

So I added the binding,

turned it over, and started stitching it down.

taking photos every time the binding changed.

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all the way around until I got back to the beginning.

 Julie likes the crumpled look.  Here you go, Julie!

Here's the finished quilt. I love it, and I know the recipient will too.

Comfort Quilt, 3

I spent all day Sunday sewing up the blocks for the comfort quilt.

They were some kind of crazy, that's for sure.
 

Some of them really twisted my head, getting me confused on which color was the "figure" and which was the "ground".

But eventually I found an arrangement that worked.  We thought it would be a nice thing to put the girl's name on the quilt.

 Not that we were worried this quilt would ever go astray...

 I think this is the perfect backing for this quilt, and I know Diane is going to love it. Let's all hope she beats cancer and gets to enjoy it for a very long time.
 

Comfort Quilt, 2

I'm on a roll. The house has been neglected, and my desk is a waterfall of paperwork. It's more fun to be in the sewing studio.  I'll have to get down to reality soon, but for now this is too much fun.

I paired all  my strips, cut and sewed the curves and cut the curved pairs into blocks. Then I designed all the blocks and set them aside to pin while I watched TV. I saved all the little extra bits from each strip. Hold that thought...

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This is the end of an evening's work.

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Then I took the little leftover bits and sewed them together, alternating the black and white at each end. I just grabbed the strips semi-randomly. The resulting strip was about five feet long, and totally awesome. I didn't know exactly what I'd do with it, but felt it would appear on the back of the quilt somehow.

 I love this block.

And this one. This quilt goes WAY WAY WAY over the top, but it's perfect for the young lady it's going to, and she so well deserves it. I'm happy to be making it and have been having such fun doing it.


PS, All the fabrics for this quilt came from my stash. I'm not sure if I should hide from embarrassment about that fact.