corn and beans- finished!
It's been a very busy week. I took these pictures on Monday afternoon and just haven't had time to post.
I started my Corn and Beans quilt back in January of 2009. It is now finished in May of 2013.
The first setback was deciding on a border. I had planned a pieced border but never got started on it.After a while in the ufo pile I decided on an appliqued border. I'm glad I did because it's my favorite part of the quilt.
Then I couldn't decide how to quilt it. I wanted to handquilt the border but not the pieced center. I would have machine quilted it but I didn't know what to do in the border. This time it sat in the ufo pile a long time.
I basted it for handquilting in Dec and I'm glad I did. It's not my best handquilting -I found the center was challenging. But, it is now finished, it is soft and cuddly and I look forward to using it when I get it back after the show. It only took 5 months to quilt in contrast to the year and 5 months it took to machine quilt the Courthouse steps quilt. I find handquilting so much more fun and relaxing than machine quilting!
I hope to post the Courthouse steps quilt this weekend. The Heritage Park quilt show is on Saturday - I can't wait! I wish the weather forecast was better -it may have to be indoors. But, there are over 800 quilts in the show and DD#1 even put one in this year :0)
Happy Quilting!!