This was made, according to my hand-embroidered signature and date in the corner, in 1993. Like Tim's quilt before it, it is just based on a very simple design; just same-sized square patches, and is machine pieced and hand-quilted. Unlike Tim's however, I had learnt at least a teensy bit about quilts by this time and the border treatment is a little better. This time, I folded the outer border over the edge and under, and slipstitched it in place over the backing, then quilted in the ditch on the back, making a little quilted border of about 2cm width all around on the top side. Still not the proper or recommended method of finishing quilts, mind you, but since when have I ever cared about properly following recommended methods, anyway? Yah, I'm such a sewing rebel...
The backing is simply a single sized bed sheet, and yes that rather garish blue colour is far from a perfect choice for the very soft, antique shades of blue, pink and ivory of the topside fabrics, but meh. The back wasn't very important in my back-then eyes, and sheeting fabric is tough and cheap, also priorities to my back-then self. Since the back is, unlike the topside, in absolute perfect condition, I guess it turned out to be a good choice.
The part I was most pleased with was the border quilting design (which I designed myself); a little arrangement of quilted hearts and nesting hearts, joined with garland-like rows of quilting stitch. And I did quite a good job, if I say so myself. I'm glad I still have things like this around to remind myself of how patient I used to be with regard to my sewing projects. Seriously, I don't know if I could ever do something like this ever again.
above; all these are the original fabrics...
above; fabrics added later over two major repair sessions ("major" = "now covering nearly a third of the quilt")
below; border quilting design and (retrospective "what-was-I-thinking" moment) backing fabric
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