This is one and maybe the only finish I have had in my absence. It was a quilt for my boss's retirement. It's signed by the staff of the PACU. She was very touched and cried. I wasn't able to attend the party when it was presented to her, but I keep hearing raves...so I'm happy.
I tried some new things on this quilt and I'm still working on my freemotion quilting so I am critical of it. I'm always over critical of what I do. Also I was running short of time and didn't hand stitch the binding...I fused it and machine stitched it in the ditch from the front. Also fused the hanging sleeve rather than handstitch it. Those shortcuts make me feel like I cheated and I hope they will be ok in the long run as I have not done that before. But I had this roll of steam a seam 2 and rather than stay up all night and hope I finished the hand sewing, I fused!
It really is pretty nice afterall, so I'm going to try and remember that rather than where the oops are. And I feel better now after confessing (those Catholic roots go deep! lol)
This is a picture that a co-worker drew of the hospital entrance. I traced it onto fabric then highlighted it with outline stitching and colored it with crayons. I did the same with the lettering. I made the font on my computer and traced it then outlined stitched and colored. I am happy with the picture and I think it really makes the quilt. I had some little oops in the quilting of the center...got myself cornered, but....
I quilted it with an overall leaf and swirl design with varigated Rainbow thread. It went pretty quick and isn't a big feature. Wish I had taken a picture of the backing fabric. It was a big hit. It was a large scale print with Japanese ladies on it. Our boss is Japanese...of course.
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