We were barbecuing on Monday when I finished the binding, so I asked a couple of the kids to hold it up. Two "volunteered" but one of the guys was a bit short and had to stand on a small table.
The other kiddo acted like he'd never held up a quilt, so someone had to get in the mix. Getting a straight line was impossible once I asked them to turn the quilt around. I had to choose how much of the boys to crop out but decided that I'll leave in however much is there. This way you can check out their happy faces. Everyone wants to be a quilt model in this family. At least they liked that it's a Harley Davidson quilt.
My client mentioned using a black backing, but black is such a shocking color on the back of a quilt. I found some Kona charcoal, which is almost as dark and decided to go with it instead. I debated about the binding until I realized that I didn't have enough of the charcoal fabric. So black binding it is. I actually like the little contrast on the back, and the black works better on the front since many of the tees are black.
I put one full strip of tees on the back and the bottom-most tee has a nice open area above the design--perfect for the label. I included the information that I always include on a label and still have space for the family to add a note for dad. It's to be a Father's Day gift, so that will be especially nice.
| Quilt Stats | ||
| Name: | Ainsworth Harley Davidson Memory Quilt | |
| Size: | 74 x 96 | |
| Fabrics: | Tee shirts from client | |
| Backing: | Kona charcoal | |
| Binding: | Kona black | |
| Pattern: | Puzzle design | |
| Quilting: | custom design based on tee-shirts | |
| Completed: | February 2018 |
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This is a wonderful finish. A lot of hard work but a fantastic result.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! on job well done.
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