WIPW - The Euphoria of Taking the Last Stitch

There is some general progress and a finish to report for this week's Work In Progress Wednesday.

Hexablooms

I attached more flowers to the flimsy. In total, there are 98 flowers. 

Mandala

I decided to use the small flat flowers as a garland along the inner edge. One 'slice' out of eight is done.

Birthday Card

Here is the stumpwork portrait I showed part of last week. Hopefully, it arrived in time for my friend's birthday.

The Baby Quilt

The quilt is now finished. I enjoyed making it; there is love in every stitch, although almost every stitch was made by machine. The binding, however, I put on by hand. 

Oh, the euphoria of taking the last stitch!

The quilt top has three columns of pieced rectangles made of remnants and odd pieces from my stash.

The four borders are panels of a cherry blossom print on a pink background. There are some machine-applied aqua circles scattered along the border.

I quilted the rectangles freehand, but wanted to use a quilting template I have had for a long time for the borders.

This template is obviously meant for hand quilting and has double lines. I decided to use only one line but vary the size of the oval-shaped twists in the line, thus creating small butterfly motifs.

By using the walking pressure foot and a slow speed, I managed to quilt the entire quilt without too much trouble. Not all butterflies were as neat as the one above, but overall, I am pleased with the result.

I also had two reels of rice-rac, in green and turquoise. Why not use them to add interest and match the colour of the appliquéd circles?

The binding was made from the same prints you can see in the pieced rectangles.

I folded it in half and stitched on along the edges. It is a wide binding with mitred corners. When folded over, the binding is narrow on the front and wide on the back, thus making the plain back a bit more interesting.

Sunday Stitch School Indigo Stitch Sampler

#310 Circular Buttonhole Dome Stitch (red and aqua), #311 Seed Stitch (purple variegated), #312 Closed Buttonhole Stitch (light blue and blue metallic) and #313 Darning Stitch (off-white).