Yay!!! I did it! I finished the nine patch quilt. The evening lighting may not be the greatest for taking whole quilt pictures, so I took some more close ups too. I have to deliver this quilt today, so will not have the time to take better pictures.
After lunch yesturday, I helped my mother with more moving stuff, and got back to quilting. I didn't have to do puppy duty until 4:00 pm, so I wanted to take advantage of the available time. By 4:00 pm I had only three blocks left to do and the small border. It was still going well.
At 4:00 pm I took a break from quilting to look after puppy. We went outside to play and I got some time out there to finish planting a small garden. Above is a picture of the centre, showing all three different block designs. Each design goes up on a diagonal across the quilt.
Come 6:00 pm my doggy duty shift is done. I have the rest of the night off and I am revving to go! I finished the last three blocks with only a little set back, when I forgot to take out a pin, but quickly remedied the situation, fix the quilting, and off and running I went again.
I proceeded to mark the small border and wasted no time trying to quilt this before the night is through. Above is a close up of the heart border I did. Lastly, I trim all the threads in the back and square off the quilt ready to receive the binding. The quilt looks great!
I hope the maker will be as pleased as I am. This is the first quilt I quilted for this person. I am always a tad nervous when doing it for the first time for someone new.
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