Another UFO is completed! This is one from my 1.5years of patiently waiting quilts to have the binding finished, and now it's done-done!
Daisy Patch was a fun, easy, happy project to make. Take 12 Fat Quarters, some fabric for applique and away you go.
The fat quarters that I used were in the Aldi "special buys" when it was Mother's Day a few years ago. They have a calico base and required a very hot wash to soften them. After washing, the fabrics were a dream to work with.
Large 1/2 square triangles meant that the quilt top went together very quickly. Good pressing made my blocks nice and flat to make the machine applique easy.
After the applique was completed, it came time to quilt the quilt. Initially, I took it to a friend's house to use her DSM which had a frame and we had quite a few issues with the thread tension as well as both of us trying to squeeze it in on a bleak weather Friday night. In the end, I pulled out what we had quilted, which was simple and open and replaced the quilting with what you can see here in the pictures.
I traced the flower shape and randomly traced around it on the quilt top. I then 'squiggled' in between the flower shapes, going around them when I got to them. I outlined the appliques on the outside edges and around the flower centres.
Finally, here is the completed quilt in it's entirety. I love this pattern and I really like the quilt. Unfortunately, because it sat folded up for so long, waiting for the binding to be finished, you can see the fold-lines in the quilt. However, with some loving use, they will disappear.
This quilt will become a donation quilt. I'm just not sure where yet.
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