It feels great to finish a project.
I used the traditional bishop's fan for the quilting pattern. My great grandmother often used this pattern on her utility quilts. My grandmother explained the no marking process to me. They would put the quilt in the frame, and sitting on both sides they would start on the right of their side and quilt an arc as big as the swing of their arm. Then they would quilt parallel arcs inside the first large arc. They would move to the left and repeat the process. The arc designs would meet in the middle of the quilt. Being left handed I would have had to always work on my own side of the quilt because my arc would go in the opposite direction.
The quilt is for a baby so it is machine quilted to stand up to repeated washings. I also continued the pattern from one side to the other while leaving the inner border free of quilting.I like the mix of new and old, traditional and modern in this quilt.
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