Thursday, April 21, 2011

Quilt progress update


Several weeks ago the quilt was in separate squares and yesterday, when I showed up at Pat's house, it looked nearly done! I'm no seamstress, but it sure looks like speed sewing to me.
Here's Alice hemming part of the border.  And this is the BACK of the quilt.  You can't quite make out the wonderful white quilting stitches that loop around in patterns over the back. 
And here's a close up of the hem being blindstitched. 
The quilters graciously turned the quilt over so I could admire (and photograph) the front of the quilt too!  

I got some insight how it's all assembled:  Briefly, there are 20 quilt "sandwiches" made; each "sandwich" includes the top-piecework, batting, and a backing piece.  When each piece is done, they are joined together, then a border is added and all the finishing hemming is done.  

This is the 11th Moonlight in Vermont themed quilt the Ladies Benevolence group has made - there were many more quilts, but just 11 of these so far. 

One more picture of the group at work this week - then watch for pics of the finished quilt and some history in the weeks ahead!
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3 comments:

  1. elliotinnyApril 28, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Hi I'm a friend of Judy's and she directed me to this lovely sight! I love the sunflower theme and I have been able to see your past quilts close up...they are wonderful, keep up the good work!!! Michelle Elliot
    West Sand Lake, NY

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  2. monkMay 4, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    I'm a friend of Somara's and I'm enjoying perusing these lovely pictures and descriptions of your quilts. Is each square different this year, I can't tell for sure?

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  3. A Brookline VT FanMay 19, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    Yes Monk- each square is slightly different - the night skies are different material, differnet animals, etc, etc. The quilter has the same basic template but they vary the details. Nice of you to ask!

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