Quilt Update

Here is RJ's finished quilt/bedspread.  I ended up putting 20 planes on it.  They are about 12" long.  I quilted the lines for a sort of wind effect.  The hardest part was quilting around the planes that overlapped the fleece clouds.  It is very thick and the stitches are quite a bit longer than I would like.  I like to fit 7-9 stitches on a quilting needle.  Nice and tight.

RJ seemed excited to get his airplanes.  He will have a nice warm quilt that will be hard to kick off in the winter.  I used a 12 oz. bat, so it is pretty thick.  As I was binding the courderoy, I was even getting a little hot with it on my legs.  It was Aug and pretty hot, so should be pretty snuggley for him.

It took me a little longer than usual to quilt as we went to St. George for 3 days.  I should have been able to knock it out in 3 days, but it ended up being on for a week.  I really liked the wide chocolate binding.  I ended up cutting it 5" wide so that it would be 2" wide on each side.  I machine stitch to the back and then hand finish the front with mitered corners.  The 20" drop makes it so you curve the corner, so no mitered corner there. I sew the miters by machine before I turn it to the front.  It gives a nice clean line.  Love miters.  They finish it off nicely.  I think they are well worth the little bit of extra time.