Friday, March 14, 2008

Granny's Strings is DONE!!! Yippee!!!





I did it! Last night, I sat in bed with Dear Hubby, watching movies and finished sewing the binding on. I finished up somewhere around 1:30 this morning. I told Hubby, "I really want to put this one in the washer tonight and stay up and dry it, but I'll wait!" So, this morning, I popped it in the washer and dryer and it's DONE!!!! Yippee!!!

It turned out nicely, and I love all the quilting on it. The concentric lines are quilted about 3/4 of an inch apart and then I quilted a couple of wavy lines in the outside border. The binding was given to me by a elderly lady at our church who is cleaning out her quilting stuff, she's no longer able to sew, but hopes to finish quilting all her tops!

And, another bit of good news, Old Red Barn is now open to having comments left for the chance to win a quilt. Hop on over and leave a comment. It's a really cute quilt!

Happy Quilting!!!

14 comments:

Patti said...

Marvelous string quilt - well done!

Libby said...

It is just beautiful . . . isn't great to pull a brand new quilt - all crinkly and warm from the dryer *s*

Mary Johnson said...

This is a beautiful string quilt - your quilting suits it perfectly.

Clare said...

Beautiful strings. Congrats

Darlene said...

It's fabulous! I love string quilts. :-)

country mouse said...

Oooohhhh what a great string quilt! Such warm cozy colors. Great job!

Rose said...

Beautiful! I always say I never met a string quilt I didn't like.

Helen in the UK said...

Congrats on your finish - it is a wonderful quilt :)

Lori in South Dakota said...

Ahh--makes you want to pull it up over you and get all snuggly. String quilts are great.

~Niki~ said...

Love the string quilt! I made a king size quilt top like that. Took forever! HUGS on St. Pat's Day!

Knot Garden said...

The quilting suits it perfectly, amazing work! I love your scrappy quilts, you put fabrics together so well.

Fabricmom said...

What a marvelous finish. Great job. Hopping over to the Old red barn...

*karendianne. said...

Wow! THAT is an amazing string quilt. seriously.

marje said...

Beautiful! I have one which will be in the next UFO challenge; can't wait to get it to the "warm and crinkly" stage!