I think I blogged about this top back in Dec. I ran out of Kona White and had to buy some more online. So that delayed the finish. I think all together it took 4-5 yards of the white fabric. It's 99" square. White fabric looks great but it's such a pain. Everything has to be kept clean or you get all kinds of threads stuck to it!
Everything seems to take so much longer when a quilt is big. Just pinning it on the frame took a whole day!. And of course I chose to do the blocks with ruler work so that took a lot of time!
I could have quilted it with wreaths or something but that would have taken even longer. As it was I worked on it every day for 2-3 hours for a whole week!
I'm happy with the results and and with all that repetition I think my ruler skills have improved😀
I splurged and bought 108" backing. It was on sale $11.00/ yard so it only set me back about $35.00. I find with the really big quilts a pieced back is pretty hard to keep square with the top and not get tucks on the back so one nice big piece of fabric saves time and energy.
I hope you are all safe and healthy!
take care, CW
What a terrific quilt, all the color against the white. Congratulations on a great finish!
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