I have been working on a strip quilt but ran out of thread on the final border. The local quilt shop (30 miles close) was out of the thread and had to reorder. So I decided to finish quilting a quilt I have had for a while. Years ago, I began by hand quilting it, but it was taking too long--since I never would pick it up to quilt. Anyway, I decided to finish it by machine quilting. I really had fun because I quilted much of it free hand. The quilting is not perfect, but it is my quilt and I love it.
My big, big problem is my wavy border. I think since the quilt has been finished for three years and just being sifted from place to place caused some stretching in the border. Hopefully, the strip quilt will be an improvement on the border. I will post it soon.
Back to this quilt--I saw a similar quilt hanging in one of my favorite quilt shops -- Yoder's in Shipshewanna, IN. On one of my trips up there, I bought the pattern and some 30's fabric. I later bought some more 30's fabric in a shop on the coast of Mississippi. That shop is no longer there after Hurricane Katrina washed it away.
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