FO: Woodland Ballet

Earlier this week, Mom stopped by with the almost completed Woodland Ballet quilt. I'd sent if off to her for quilting and it was finally done. All I had to do was sew down the binding.

I put on a movie, got comfy on the couch and under the watchful eye of my snoopervisor, I got to it. By bedtime, it was done and on the bed.

It's hard to get a decent picture of the whole thing right now - it's far too muddy out for an outdoor photoshoot. But this really is the quilt that started it all. It was a couple years ago and Mom was just getting back into quilting. I'd done a few small tied baby quilts, and there was a fat quarter pack of all the fabrics you see in the bear paws. I bought it, knowing nothing more than I wanted to make bear paws. It's been a long road from here to there.

I collected fabrics from the clearance bin and used up scraps from Mom to to the borders.

Mom did a fantastic free-motion free-hand leaf pattern all over the quilt. It's just perfect! (though she's asked me to give her a bit of a break from my quilting so she can work on her own projects for a bit).

I got lucky and got this gorgeous floral fabric for the backing on clearance too. I still have a couple yards left, so I think some of it may end up in the Eternal Autumn quilt.

Finishing this one is really motivating me to finish more!