Tag: Rhododendron Trail quilt

And a beautiful day to take a photo. CC suggested that I give this to the wife of a longtime friend of his, as she is retiring soon, so I’ll sign it and box it up for her. I love the quilting and the backing so much. And I think the maroon binding goes perfectly… Continue reading Off the Trail bound

I picked up my Off the Trail quilt from my quilter yesterday morning, and I love, love, love the quilting pattern. It’s called Cotton Seed, and it looks a lot like the Cotton brand motif. It’s just the perfect complement to the angles of this quilt. Now I need to find the binding fabric (same… Continue reading Off the Trail quilted

I managed to get the last bit of sewing finished last night before bed. My narrow border strips are on, and I think it frames the rest of the quilt so nicely and calms it down just a tiny bit. The color is the perfect deep maroon, left over from making my apron. Of course,… Continue reading Just in time

I finally finished all of the Off the Trail blocks and added sashing to all the appropriate ones. And then I realized why I don’t like adding the sashing this way. It makes seams run in the same direction as opposed to opposite directions, which makes nesting seams when sewing them all together kind of… Continue reading All blocks complete

I’ve gotten five of my alternate-alternate blocks made, and I’ve been making “kits” of the rest. I still have a little trimming to do of some units, then I can sew, sew, sew. I think I’m going to set these together with a single plain white fabric.