Dresden Quilt
I just finished up this quilt. Woohoo! It's a little over 60" square. It will be a Christmas gift for my son's GF.
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I had done four blocks , but I did them on unbleached muslin, which just looked dirty next to the bright, cheery colors. So it was tossed into the UFO bin, where it sat for at least 10 years.
Originally it was going to be bed-sized, so I had enough fabrics stashed away with it to size it up. I had to detach the plates from the muslin, then I made up an additional 5 blocks to make it bigger. I used a white cotton sheet I found at the thrift store for the background. The border fabric came from my stash. I used another cotton sheet, also from the thrift shop, for the backing.
I tried to do outline quilting using rulers, but I just could not get the presser foot adjusted just right and kept getting skipped stitches, so I decided to try and teach myself to do sort-of feathers FMQ. The quilting is far from perfect, but I don't think it's too bad for a first time.