When last we left an incomplete tale of a quilt, (yes it was a while ago, last year in fact, but in my defence...OK I have no defence, moving on...) perle threads had auditioned and were nervously awaiting the maker's decision...
The contenders for thread colour narrowed to pastel blue or green...but given the maker had failed in her
quest for backing fabric having discovered the intended
had been used something else and only scraps remained and, having the
attention span of a goldfish, she promptly moved on to something else (or maybe a dozen other something else's but let's not go down that track shall we)…
Then from a magic fabric warehouse in another location came fabric for the backing…
The fabric looked for in vain was green with white daisies, which was unbeknown to the elf who lives in the magic warehouse, so the offer from the elf for the puppies to play in daisies was serendipitous indeed…thread basting took place and ditches were quilted to provide stability...finally the quilting began...
Big stitch perle echo quilting around each puppy shape…
Bones in
the white space...
...and then what? So it sat for a while as further
options were considered and discarded...even started and nope, that is
not going to work...what to do? what to do?...P-faff
beckoned...come here little quilt and let me stitch on you some
more...and so the quilt acquiesced and let P-faff play with the borders,
quilting contoured lines through the border shapes...
A combination of some fun favs...30's repros...puppies...apple core (or as it is known between me and the magic elf - dog bone) shapes...scallopy edges...happy :)
Then from a magic fabric warehouse in another location came fabric for the backing…
Big stitch perle echo quilting around each puppy shape…
And for the binding?...the backing fabric waved so hard to be chosen it almost did itself an injury and with that much enthusiasm for the job it won...
Happy Stitching...