A finish and an “almost”

At last month’s meeting of the local group I attend we made table runners. I finished the top of mine, decided just how I wanted to quilt it, and then left town. Do you think I can remember now what my plan was? Of course not! :S The runner is all pin basted and ready to go, but I’m stumped as to what I want to do and will have to ponder a bit longer. This photo shows part of the runner. It’s the “almost” from the title of this post.

So what was the finished item? First, a bit of background. Remember that Winding Ways quilt I’ve been working on for quite some time? I finished the top, which turned out to be enormous — about 95″ x 112″ or a bit more. Gulp. It sat, basted and ready for quilting (and I did remember what I wanted to do on this one!) for a while as I procrastinated about beginning. It was just so big! I had serious doubts as to how I was going to manage on my Bernina, much as I love that machine, and especially since my back had been bothering me — how was I going to wrestle this monster in my limited space? I wasn’t; I chickened out and asked a good friend of mine to long-arm quilt it for me. She used most of what I’d originally intended to do myself, with some tweaks of her own that came out great. 🙂 The quilt is so big, though, that I can’t take a picture of it yet! However, it will be going into our local show in a few weeks, so I’ll hope to get a photo of it hanging at that time. Meanwhile, here’s a “teaser” of the result!