Originally Posted by fabric-holic
Wow! What a great job! I love the quilting of Xmas trees, stars, and angels (did you do that on a domestic machine? If so, can I come over for a lesson?)
I also love the pieced back. I've never done that. There's some psychological flaw that I have that won't let me, but I love how it looks in your pic. Thanks for posting.
Fabric-holic, yes I did this on my simple Janome 423S sewing machine. I used a technique that my sister taught me. I made the design about 11 inches then I copied it onto my printer until I had enough copies to do the whole border. Then I cut out the border design into single border strips, tacked the design to the quilt using masking tape. Then I sewed directly over the design using my embroidery foot and feed dogs down, FMQ. Then you carefully rip the paper off and you have your design. Simple technique that works great. Did the same for the snowflakes on the squares.
Thank you for the compliments.
Penny