Just at the last minute, I got my September goal for
ALYOF completed. My 40's silk log cabin quilt top, aka "Eleanor Roosevelt," got a border. The quilt colors are a mixture of soft dusty tones, and a few bright fuschias and mangoes. What to use to bring out the sparkle? Everything-old-is-new-again-grey. I think it works. The quilt really came to life, from blocks that were thrown away.
The border might need to be narrower. A wild, orange and pink binding would be fun. The blocks were sewn to flour sack backs, and a few flour sack prints. Just like depression era underwear ! I hate to cover them up. Since I interfaced the border, and the blocks are all backed, maybe I'll use a sheer backing and no batt, I can still hand quilt it but leave the sweet flour sacks visible.
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| Flour Sack Sweetness. |
It is destined to be a wall hanging. So perhaps I can make a sheer or gauze backing work. Stay tuned for the next exciting episode...
I love this, especially your idea of doing a sheer back without a batting so that you can see the original foundations fabrics. It's a fabulous idea!!! I look forward to your "next exciting episode"!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cathy. The sheer backing idea came to me as I wrote. Yay for blogging. I also do 3 morning pages of writing, most days, ala "The Artist's Way." I am grateful for the creative ideas that come from writing, as well as from reading blogs.
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