Ya know, when you start at the end of the story, then stop and muse to self.....perhaps I need to back up and start from the front.
Case in point.....I liked this fabric....modern affair from art gallery. Therefore, if I like it, then it should be used. Somewhere. A quilt binding, perhaps? What about binding the quilt I've just finished quilting? Yep....that works for me.
The story started several weeks ago. When at a quilt guild meeting, purely off the cuff and not in the program script at all, I told the group that often times my quilt binding has no relationship to the quilt. I don't closely examine, nor dwell on the final stages of my quilts. Some think I should ! But my feeling is that if the binding fabric finishes the job and does it in a pleasing manner (to me), then it's a binding well done.
Continuing to muse and moving in a backwardly direction: Here is the quilt back....a fabric from the PB & J Basic Grey collection. Hmmmmmmm....does this quilt back have any kind of relationship to the front??? NOOOOOO........Oh, my!
Close up of quilt front, improvisationally pieced quilt blocks with concentric circles/spiral quilting.
And the unveiling of this rogue quilt with binding that has no relationship to its front or back.
Case in point.....I liked this fabric....modern affair from art gallery. Therefore, if I like it, then it should be used. Somewhere. A quilt binding, perhaps? What about binding the quilt I've just finished quilting? Yep....that works for me.
The story started several weeks ago. When at a quilt guild meeting, purely off the cuff and not in the program script at all, I told the group that often times my quilt binding has no relationship to the quilt. I don't closely examine, nor dwell on the final stages of my quilts. Some think I should ! But my feeling is that if the binding fabric finishes the job and does it in a pleasing manner (to me), then it's a binding well done.
Close up of quilt front, improvisationally pieced quilt blocks with concentric circles/spiral quilting.
And the unveiling of this rogue quilt with binding that has no relationship to its front or back.
This tale started with the binding. The quilt ends with it.
How perfectly finished is that.
Perfectly!
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