This afternoon I finished the binding and washed the double wedding ring quilt. The finished size is about 70x80. It's taken me 3 months to do the hand quilting.
The bamboo batting combined with limited density of the quilting makes the drape of this quilt extremely soft.
I had to really fight the urge to do more quilting. I opted for "just enough" quilting, where all the rings are outlined with some echo quilting inside each "square". This is before washing.
And this is after. I was hoping for a wee bit more shrinkage, but even this adds some of the texture I was hoping for.
I still need to embroider a signature on the back before I can really call it finished.
Now it's time to decide which of my many unfinished hand-work projects will take it's place.
10 comments:
Congratulations Marjorie.Your quilt is beautiful and the quilting suits it; love the colours you have used. I haven't tried the bamboo batting yet but understand it is lovely.
Absolutely beautiful! Truly a labor of love. Your work is always impressive to me, and having made one Double Wedding Ring block and deciding I'd stop and call it a future pillow, I admire the fact that you made a whole, incredibly gorgeous quilt. I'll stop gushing now.
lucky you, a wedding ring quilt with hand quilting :) truly a treasure! If it were mine I would be sleeping under it with a great BIG smile! may it always be a treasure to someone in your family. thanks for sharing.
janita
Congratulations! It's lovely.
I wish my project was moving that fast.
Great finish! Cant wait to see your next UFO getting some special treatment.
What a beautiful quilt - you should be really proud of it
that is such a beautiful quilt! The colors are stunning.
It's fabulous!!! Is it a keeper?
that is beautiful and you hand quilted it very nicely ,I think you worked all day for 3 months to finish such a difficult pattern congrats. theodora
Beautiful concept, beautifully realized. Your interpretation of Turquoise and Silver is masterful.
Makes me think someone should give the bride and groom jewelry as a wedding gift.
No, wait, someone needs to give the quilter turquoise and silver to wear to the wedding.
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