A Finish!

I finished the quilting on the red/black and white quilt today.  Now keep in mind, this is a bed quilt.  So it does not have my usual type of quilting.  Down and dirty, so to speak...and fast. I appliqued as I quilted and then added a few motifs from a couple Circle Lord templates and then just filled in with simple wavy lines.   Got to keep it lofty and warm. I used Quilters Dream wool batting and Superior's So Fine  threads.



Ignore the black lines of thread...that is my basting...haven't pulled that out yet.

The rest of the photos are of the back.  I decided to use a plain white back to show you that even doing the applique as a part of the quilting...the back still doesn't look too bad.  If you use a patterned backing fabric, you wouldn't even notice it.

If it were a wall quilt, I probably would have attached the applique with a single line of stitching just inside the edge.  But a bed quilt that will get lots of wear and washing, I decided to do a freehand zigzag edge...more thread=better hold.











 

 





 

Tomorrow trim and get the binding on.

Also today Bouree was wild!  First back in my trash can under the longarm..he really likes it in there...



And later...climbing the wine rack in the kitchen...it is tall...floor to ceiling. I had to take the wine bottles out after he tipped it over and broke a couple....







We finally took it out of the room and put it in the workshop, I was afraid he'd hurt himself.

He is fearless and a big climber and jumper.  It has been many years since I had a cat that climbed this much.  Usually Ragdolls  are more sedate...not this little guy!  He is much more adventurous!  Chloe just watches and chirps at him...telling him he's crazy, I'm sure!