My Chookshed Challenge for March, number four on the list, has been completed. Some of the participants had chosen to work on a panel for their number four, and I was happy to do this as well, as I had a couple of panels waiting for me in a bag. I chose to work on my wild horses panel, and mid way through the month I had added borders simple borders.
The finished top
The next step was pinning the layers together, and luckily I found a piece of cream calico just the right size for the backing. I safety pinned the layers together out on the patio table, making the most of the warm Autumn weather. I decided to do something a little different with the quilting and remembered I had a book about Walking Foot quilting designs. I chose to do gentle Echoed Curves across the whole quilt. Sorry, but three photos later, Blogger still won't let me turn this photo around.
My practically unused quilting book
Gemma always likes checking out the quilts when I'm working, and I had to chase her away several times. Using the screw in seam guide to keep the lines the correct width was a first for me.
Busy quilting
And a couple of afternoons sitting stitching the binding down, always the best part I think, and it was all done.
Binding time
This will probably be a donation quilt, but I think I'll hang on to it for a while. With two grown up granddaughters who are keen horsewomen, I'm ever hopeful of a great grand child one day.
I had mentioned that I had previously used a large horse panel from this range to make a birthday quilt for my granddaughter Megan a few years ago. After a lot of searching, I finally found a photo. Made with nine patch blocks, and blue sashing to pick up the colour of the sky and the river, I was very pleased with how it turned out. This was commercially quilted, as it was much too big for me to deal with