Quilt Finished!

Finally posting this quilt! Actually I finished it back in July, but I was able to give it to my friend and Sister in Christ last week.

I had been feeling quite wish-washy about my work. It is an African-American themed quilt and she being an African American, I wasn’t sure if she would like it.....well, she LOVED it! I was so relieved. And now that I think about it, my African American friends in my quilt group have made beautiful Asian themed quilts that I love so much, so why stress?!?!

My friend had kindly taken me to a Flea Market (or what some call a Peddlers’ Market) in nearby Berkeley a while back. I loved it and had a great time looking through so many choices, and they were priced quite good too. She showed me around to the sellers who had wonderful fabrics imported from Africa and I incorporated most of them into her quilt. I also found some of the African fabric as little remnants picked up from Thrift Stores or second hand shops nearby in town.

Below is the back of this quilt and you can see my attempt at free motion quilting. I’m quilting on my small domestic Brother and I’m pretty inexperienced at this.  But I’ve heard that it’s just a lot of practice before the stitching flows well. It’s a leaf or vine motif. I didn’t tuck the thread ends good, but rather back-stitched. Now I know how to hide the loose ends into the quilt from a YouTube video I found on YouTube with Leah Day: https://youtu.be/4_yMzN970Qc

Oh well...next time. I guess that’s what quilting is about for me - learn as I go.

And this is the Bible Scripture I embroidered on it...

Til next time - Happy quilting!