Well, I didn't quite finish on Sunday, but I was done before noon today, including some surprise hand-stitching where I hadn't folded over the extra fabric properly. I'm counting it as a 2023 success. :D
Here is the finished product!
I'm so happy I redid the heart colors. The original was really so awful. The back is dark purple. I got a photo of that, but it's hard to see what's going on, so I didn't include it.
Each of the 17 squares in the middle of the green/yellow & purple/pink checkerboards has a heart quilted in (see photo 2). I was able to use the machine for the straight sections and then left a long tail of thread which I used to complete the heart. I was originally thinking about doing something more organic feeling (like hearts bursting out of the big heart?) but this was simple and effective at holding the quilt together. Yay!
I even remembered to sign the quilt (photo 3) before I stitched everything up (which I forgot last time, good grief).
An auspicious start to the year/end of last year!
- Catherine
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