Quilting triumph!

[pennski]

Today I finished my hand-made quilt.
It has taken me at least 5 years and every stitch was hand-sown.
Now it has pride of place, covering the double bed in the spare room.

Of course, it may be a little too fragile to let anyone actually sit on it or sleep under it, but it looks fantastic.

What achievement are you proud of this weekend?

Comments

[bibliofile]

Way to go on the handmade quilt! That's a big project.

Me, I started to learn to quilt, using a Dover book with plastic templates in the back. This weekend I cut out the first template and ironed the fabric for my first squares.

[boliviafang]

Congratulations! A handmade quilt is a treasure! I had one made by my great grandmother. I used it until parts of it literally disintegrated. (She was thrifty, more concerned about using every scrap of fabric, than whether or not it made sense to put a silk square next to a corduroy one.) I eventually dismantled the whole thing, salvaging the sturdy squares and saving them for my own eventual quilt project.