Monday 21 February 2011

Jennifer

 Jennifer is finally finished.
 I had to piece the backing, using some of the fabric from the front and a very pale mottled yellow fabric.  I quilted in the ditch, both sides of the central border, and on the inside of the outer border.
I then tried my hand at some hearts.  They are what I would called rustic, or naive!  Not perfect, but not bad for a first attempt.

Here she is in all her glory.  I did hand finish the binding on this one again.  I like the narrow effect it gives the binding at the front.  I used a pale pink mottled fabric as a contrast to the deep red.

Now I need to decide what to do today.  So many projects are calling, but I can't do them all at once.  Maybe the ironing will help me decide.

9 comments:

Miriam said...

Jennifer is lovely and I like the hearts. You are very active these days!

Angela said...

Jennifer is wonderful. I think you did a great job on those hearts. Give me 'rustic' over 'perfection' any day of the week.

Terry said...

Jennifer looks wonderful! Congratulations on another finish! :0)

Rudee said...

Stunning! I love the red.

Terry said...

Jennifer is a perfect Valentine .Hearts were a great choice for the border as a repeat of thr sticherie element. Nice finish .

Annie said...

Jenifer is quite the beauty. The 'rustic' hearts are a nice touch. I use that label myself for all my eye-balled projects that I didn't feeling like measuring!

Karen said...

well done!! It's fantastic.....and I prefer balloons to frogs!!

LuAnn said...

I like the hearts; congratulations on a finish!

Elena said...

Wow! It is so beautiful! I think you did an amazing job with the hearts!