Last fall, my friend Katy asked me for an idea for using some Jelly Rolls. I had been collecting ideas, but not actually done any. I started this design.
Tutorial Here. So I finally got around to finishing what I had cut out, then added a 5" dark green border to anchor it.
I stitched in the ditch on the white. Then decided it needed more interest so I added 2 more lines of stitching also in the white.
I haven't done a self binding for a really long time. And now I'm wondering why. It went quickly and the finish was so much better than 95% of the machine stitched bindings I have done.
I did the binding first, thinking it would be easier to get straight. Then I went back and filled in the outer border with feathers. I learned that I do best by sewing one side of the feathers at a time rather than trying to alternate right and left.
Washed and dried before I went to bed and officially finished!
3 comments:
Great idea for a jelly roll - it's very effective. I like how you've quilted it too :-)
I like this one a lot. It's one giant Greek Key in Spring green. Your feathers are lovely. A great finish for this time of year.
What a wonderful quilt. I was taught to do feathers as you do - one side at a time.
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