How I Create–6 and Final

The quilt is finished. I have faced the edges and added a casing to the back.
This is my 388th quilt I have finished. I have only been quilting for 52 years.
It will not be for sale as it has already been spoken for.

This is the back of the quilt. I love to use beautiful fabrics on the back of my quilts that compliment the front of the quilt.
I add facings to the top and bottom first. The facings for the sides are added last so when the quilt is on the wall and someone sees the edges they see a continuous line. The casing (or rod pocket) is added last. They are all sewn down by hand.
This quilt will be on it’s way to the new owner very soon.

Boundary Waters–First Quilt Finish of 2013

Although I have finished several other projects, this is the first quilt I’ve finished in 2013.

I gave the demo for facing a quilt to my art quilt group last week and finished the quilt, including the hand sewing down of the facings and rod pocket.

I used this great batik for the back of the quilt, the facings and the rod pocket. I always try to use fabrics that relate to the front on the back of my work,

The group enjoyed the presentation and I know at least one of the members has already made a quilt and used the techniques to finish it. Way to go Beth!

A Gorgeous Quilt–Ready For The Finishing Steps–Hand Sewing

I put a four inch casing (rod pocket) on both the top and bottom of this quilt. Of course the one at the top is where I insert a slat to hang it.

I also like to insert a slat in the bottom as that helps the quilt hang better.I will sew both ends to the quilt and also the fold at the lower edge. There is 1/2 inch of extra fabric in the outer layer of the casing which then allows you to insert a slat and not have it show on the outside.

I have added a double layer of bias binding around the entire edge of the quilt on the front.

It will be brought over to the back and hand sewn down. I will line up the folded edge of the binding with the stitching line that attached the binding.

I have all my supplies ready to do the hand sewing. It is just a matter of time before this quilt can be added to my list of completed quilts!