World Traveler (96″x96″) is too large for one person to hold up, and too heavy for a clothesline (even with clips every few inches), so some floor space was cleared in the living room, and I stood on the coffee table and held the camera as high over my head as my arms could reach, and clicked and clicked the shutter and hoped for the best.
Here’s the best shot so far of the front:
It’s missing a few rows of squares at the bottom, but you get the idea. Here’s the back:
I’m determined to get a straight-on shot of this one, in better light, and will keep trying. It means getting some kind of hanging line or rod across the back wall of the carport, and adding some kind of sleeve to the quilt. (I am not hand-sewing a sleeve to this one. Not after hand-closing all those sectional quilting seams. Not until I’ve forgotten how long that took to do.)But with the quilting done on this one and a recent baby quilt finish (details coming up), I’ve got lots of basting safety pins available, so I’ll use those to rig up something temporary.
Then we’ll need the weather to cooperate. After 23″ of rain in February I’m ready for drier weather! (And very glad I don’t live somewhere cold: if all that rain were snow, how many feet would it be? Anyone know?)
The sectional quilting tutorial is inching along, BTW. As usual, I’ve way overestimated how much I can get done in a day or a week. Long-time readers, you’ve figured out that when I say “a couple of days” it will really be a couple of weeks, right? Anyhoo, the tutorial has not been forgotten or abandoned, it just isn’t ready for public appearance just yet.
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Update: The tutorial is finished and posted. You’ll find it here.
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Way to go, Stephanie! It’s a real stunner! Mine is started, thanks to your inspiration. I began with 35 blocks, layed it out on my bed and like you decided it had to be a bed quilt rather than just a nap quilt. Only 35 more blocks to go! Your “how to quilt” tutorial is very much anticipated! Just love all that you do!
Beautiful … love your non-traditional layout … eagerly awaiting your tutorial as I want to try sectional quilting on the top I’ve just about finished.
Love, love, love it! Did you log how many hours it took to quilt it? I can only imagine. My pile of 2.5″ strips is tucked safely away in the closet just waiting for me to start. Your beautiful quilt is tempting me to start one of my own, but so far I’ve stayed focused on projects already in progress – but just barely! Your baby quilts are lovely too. Wonderful border quilting
Thanks, Shelley. Quilting took about 100 gazillion hours. Suspected this question might come up, but decided I did not want to know. I can say that the sectional quilting is both labor- and time-intensive, and my quilting decisions upped that by a huge factor. A simple diagonal cross-hatch would have been significantly faster and easier, but my perverse inner designer decided not to take the easy way out. Details to come in the tute, I’m working on it now.