A long time in the making

I'm not even sure when this was started as it was one of the pieces I inherited from my mum ten and a half years ago.  I found it back last year when I was sorting through some of her craft bits and couldn't ever remember seeing it before.  I thought I'd better get it finished.

When I looked, mum had done all the hand quilting, so it was just left to me to back and bind it.  A simple job you might say, but I chose a day when Rumple was in a funny mood to do it.  I had it all laid out neatly on the floor, but when I came down from my bath, she had been pouncing on it and sliding across the floor.  The next game was to catch my fingers as I was trying to pin the binding on.

The machine sewing was the easy bit, but the trimming was a bit of a trial.  Apparently scissors are good to chase too, and rotary cutters!  How she came away with all her paws in tact I don't know, but my paws are covered in scratches.

I chose a plain blue backing slightly ligher than the front, and the binding is a pale turquoisey green that matches the centre of some of the flowers.  It was lovely and warm sitting under it hand sewing the binding and it's good to see it finished after so long. 

The boys are coming back today, weather permitting, so my uninterrupted sewing and knitting will come to an end.  If the weather is as they forecast, we won't be going very far once they do go home, so there should still be plenty of play time.