Friday, 23 March 2018

Finally Finished! Summer By the Sea Borders

I finished the final border for Salt Air Summer by the Sea (new and improved name!) back in January! Yay! The double cable border has been really fun to quilt and my hand quilting has become so much more consistent over the course of this quilt. I'm so glad that this one is going to be mine to keep.
Summer by the Sea - finished borders! Yay!

As I have come to realise, however, the blue marking pens that I was using have proceeded to wear off rather badly over time. I suppose it's my own fault for taking so long to finish quilting the damn thing. I finally gave in the other week and spent an hour going through boxes until I found the stencil. I am so looking forward to having a place for all of my things once the builders finish my new cabinets. It will be so good to know exactly where everything is and not have to go hunting in 5 different places anymore (I suspect this might be slightly utopian, but one can hope, right?)
Summer by the Sea - double cable & shell borders
I spent ages agonising over how to quilt these borders and I'm so glad that I still like them after spending so long stitching them up! As you can see in the photo above, there are a couple of places where the threads aren't quite tight enough as it took me a while to figure out how to properly secure them but I'm fixing those as I go through.
Summer by the Sea - double borders (back)

 Next up: finishing the diagonal quilting on the body of the quilt (oh yeah, that's still not done. Blegh). But then: Binding (!) and quilt labels(!!)

 Really need to get back on this one but have been distracted by other projects, both sewing- and non-sewing related. More on my new curtains soon!

 Hand quilting love,
xoxo me

 P.S. Linking up to Finish it up Friday and Finished or not Friday (because it's kind of finished, and kind of not)
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4 comments:

  1. Donna J23 March 2018 at 23:37

    Beautiful job on the quilting. I bet you're excited for the finish.

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    1. CosmopolitanQuilter27 March 2018 at 20:39

      Thanks so much Donna. I am very much still learning but can't wait for this to be finished given how many hours and how much skin it has taken off my fingers. The texture is totally worth it though!

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  2. The Joyful Quilter24 March 2018 at 02:59

    The cables and shells look really good. LOVE that backing fabric!!

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    1. CosmopolitanQuilter27 March 2018 at 20:40

      Thank you so much! I too adore the backing fabric. I don't usually like to spend money on backing fabrics but this one was so pretty that I just had to show it off!

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