Here is the finished quilt. It is about fifty inches square. You can see the quilting better on the other side.
I have to wash out the water soluble thread that I used to baste the quilt and bury some errant threads that may appear after washing. I should make a label to tell this quilt's story. I am giving it back to my sister. She and her husband have a timid black shepherd that might like it for a dog bed. I remember when I would love making quilt tops and the only thing I knew to do with them was to tie them. My mother taught me how to do that after she had taken a class from Eleanor Burns forty years ago or more. This was when Eleanor was self publishing her materials. I fell in love with log cabin quilts. I loved moving around the blocks until I decided upon a layout. Then I went on to Amish quilts. All the while I would tie them. Now I enjoy the quilting as well as the piecing. On to my next project.
Addendum:
I washed the quilt and all the water soluble thread dissolved and all these really puffy spots showed up. I understand the notion of even quilting much better after this. This quilt needs to be blocked but that is not happening. Maybe I get out an ironing board and steam while I look over the quilt for threads that need burying. I think I need to work center to edges or top to bottom rather than randomly here to there. I look forward to giving it back to my sister. I learned a bunch about what not to do. I am not a negative Nancy. I learned I can do so much and I love quilting.
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