It has been over a year since I have posted anything on the progress of my Jen Kingwell's Gypsy Quilt that I am making. See some of my project just take forever as I am always starting new ones in the process because of my obsession with all things fabric. I am hand quilting with Aurifil 24 weight cotton in a off white color and it is great thread to work with and I have some nice medium like stitches which make the quilt remind me of a nice old patchwork quilt that I grew up with and loved. I thought about quilting this on my sit down longarm "George" but decided I would try my luck with hand quilting. I probably have another 6 months to go before I finish it. (at least). I took a bunch of orphan blocks and made the backing for this quilt. I have been trying to use up some of my fabric stash as I don't have the space to keep storing more and more fabric so am trying different ways to do my quilt backs which I think are even prettier than just one solid piece of fabric. Almost like making 2 quilts. I will post again when this project is complete. BTW, I did not buy one single piece of fabric to make this quilt as it is mostly just my left over scraps. I loved piecing this quilt top!!!!!!
Happy Quilting and Sewing!!!!!
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