More work on Sunshiny Day quilt

This worked much better then my sample. Here are a couple of things I did differently from in the samples.

- this is quilter’s cotton (batiks  for the yellow) as opposed to 3.7 garment linen. So it is much firmer itself.

- the sample was made from fabric that washed, and I did the yellow/white sun from unwashed fabric so all the sizing is still in it. That will cause the final quilt to be a little more wrinkly, but I like that effect anyway.

- when the rippling started, I did that old machine sewer’s gathering trick of holding the top layer(the strip to be added) tight and taunt, while letting the feed dogs pull the bottom layer of fabric quicker. It resulted in some interesting small bits of oddness, but it kept the majority of the massive ripples gone.

Now I just need to decide how I want to fill in the rest of the area. The picture has what I’ve sewn in a taped 40” by 40” square.

Oh, and the second picture is corners I made out of some of the scraps for the back side.

I really want a rich blue for backing and edging, but I’d also like to be able to use something I already have, so we will see what I end up with. It also has to feel nice and hold up to lots of washing.

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