Work in Progress Wednesday
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 9:54AM | Sharon B | 3 Comments | in Diamond block crazy quilt, Wips and Wisps, Work in Progress Wednesdays Last week I showed how I added the border and was tying/quilting the crazy quilt. Well I am done and now have to attach the false back to hide the mess. Before started that part of the process, I thought I would share a photo so you can see what I mean by mess.
As I said at the time these stitches are NOT seen from the front. As each stitch is hidden behind a bead or button.
Yesterday afternoon I finished doing this. I then pressed the fabric I am going to use for the false back, it is the blue fabric you can see on the edge. I laid it out, and pinned the quilt sandwich to it ready for the next stage.
So now you can see it on the table looking much as it did last week but there is a lot of hidden work between the back and the false back.
Now I will catch the false back to the quilt at the point of each diamond. Then make the binding and bind the quilt. Not much more to do.
It has to be ready to hand in next week and hang in our local Embroiderers Guild exhibition so it will be done by then! Doreen of Creative Meanderings has been very busy with the Guild show too - pop over to her blog and read about it there too.
Today however I am off to Floriade a huge spring flower show (yes its spring down under) with Annie of Annies crazy world
Related Work in Progress Wednesday Posts
Assembling the diamond crazy quilt part 1
Assembling the diamond crazy quilt part 2
Online Crazy Quilting Classes:
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For those thinking about taking this class these workshops are structured with an emphasis on design. This means that the content of courses have much more depth and is different from what is already published in my blog.
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Reader Comments (3)
Thanks for sharing this technique. That's actually a pretty tidy back for 'the messy side'!
I wondered why I was getting all these hits on my blog via Pintangle --now I know.
Your messy back is far nicer than alot of fronts I've seen [mine, but don't tell anybody. lol].
Excellent job and I cannot believe how fast you work!!!