As I sit here ready to share another Christmas project, I'm thinking about the "blog year" ahead. Writing this blog has really been a way for me to journal my creative projects, and hopefully to encourage someone out there to be creative in whatever way they can. Several years ago, at the funeral of a friend who was an accomplished quilter, her daughter-in-law told me that for years her mother-in-law had kept a log of all the quilts she had completed. I don't remember what that number was, but I was impressed. I started keeping a similar log of projects completed. It has been fun to look back and be able to see evidence of having engaged in creative endeavors! In 2011 I completed 44 projects. In 2012 the number of completed projects went up to 62! What will 2013 bring?
Enough about that...and on to the horse lap quilt!
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| The pieced front, using the Zakka Block Quilt design by Leslie Good, from the book, Zakka Style. |
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| The recipient of this quilt loves horses and blue! I had wanted to do a long stitch by hand, but ran out of time. Instead I used a basic stitch by machine. |
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| Sewing on the binding. |
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| Once the binding is stitched to the front, burn it and hand stitch with a blind stitch. |
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| The finished front. |
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| The pieced back ... or maybe this is the front?? :) |
nice looking quilt. the recipient will love it!
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