I took the quilt sandwich over to my friend’s house, and all the ladies helped do the hand quilting. It took about 4 hours, I think. I have to say, my idea was to stitch diagonals through the squares, but while I was out picking up the little miss from kindergarten, the other ladies started stitching without me and went for outlining the circles. This meant less stitching, so I undersand the motive, but it also meant that after washing the fabric didn’t crinkle up all nicely like a quilt should. Or usually does.
I know brown isn’t usually used for little girls, but the colors do fit in with my friend’s house. And she will have 3 brothers, so I’m sure the quilt will be co-opted now and then.
Here’s a close-up of the stitched circles. I’m still not sure how I feel about them.
One of the ladies helped hand-stitch the binding. You can see there are two different stitch styles going on. Overall, I think it turned out beautifully!
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Gorgeous!
I LOVE the circle quilting! I do enjoy hand quilting smaller quilts, it’s just so soothing.