Yahoo! I finished the quilting on my Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt today! I guessed well - it took just a hair over 8 bobbins worth of thread.
I have the edges trimmed up and I need to make the binding and sew it on tomorrow. I am not sure what I will use at this point. I guess I will dig through my stash and see what I might have that looks good. I might actually need to buy something!
I used warm and natural batting in this one, and Aurifil thread for the quilting with a size 14 needle. The backing is a Riley Blake print that I thought looked nice with it and I got it on sale from Fabric Depot.
I am keeping this one for myself. It has a lot of interesting prints in it. I threw in quite a few of my beloved Paris prints. I just about cleared out my pink scraps on this, and really had fun with the colors in this.
It quilted up great, only a couple of thread breaks. I did have some skipping in certain spots because some of the fabrics are those icky white on white with a painted on coating. (a couple of the pinks also have that issue) I won't be choosing those fabrics again, so I am glad they are out of my stash! I am excited to show this quilt tomorrow at my guild meeting and put it on my bed afterwards! Such a bright, happy quilt - it will be wonderful to brighten up my room during the rainy season here.
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