Cindy's Quilt Finished

I finished it!

I spent time Saturday and just a little time Sunday to finish all the quilting in this.  I quilted in the seems where the triangles are joined and then from there did triangles in each of the sections that got smaller as I quilted.  I had to take over the dining room to spread the quilt out as I quilted this on my machine.

I felt like it needed a special binding so I did a scrappy binding using the little pieces that I had left over from cutting my sections.  I have a lot of binding left over, I guess I got carried away making it.  I may use it to edge some towels for her kitchen or potholders.

Before attaching my binding I serged the edges to make it easier for attaching the binding.  I like how the serger cleans up the edges.  I sewed my binding on to the front then folded it around to the back.  Yup, those are binder clips, they help hold the binding in place pretty well.  I machine stitched the binding to the back by stitching along the seem line on the front.  It catches just the edge of the binding on the back.

The front

I love this quilt!  I am almost sad that I will be giving it away.  But at least I will see it when I visit my sister.

The back

I love that the back really shows the quilting.  This pieced back was not planned, but I didn't have enough of one fabric in my stash to do the entire back with one fabric and looking at it I am happy that I didn't.

I think the scrappy binding looks just as great with the back as the front.

The center of the quilt, all roads point to home (aka NJ) :)

All colorful folded up

I absolutely love this quilt.  I picked each and every fabric for my sister and the pattern, too.  I wanted something that was not traditional.  The pattern, Curious Nature, was so easy to follow and I will definitely be using it again.  I was so nervous about all those curves, but they were not bad at all!

I added an extra piece to each section  to frame the quilt making my finished quilt about 66" x 66".  It has warm and natural batting, giving it a nice weight, all soft and snuggly.   I know I didn't use the fabrics that it called for, but I love the bright colors of this quilt. 

I can't wait to give it to my sister!  After 10 years, welcome (back) home to NJ Cindy!

I am linking up to Linky Party Tuesday at Quilting By The River and to Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story.  Check out the great projects linked up at both.