A Birthday Finish

My little girl is getting BIG!   She turned 9 years old yesterday, so I made a stern effort last week to finish this quilt for her...

A few lessons learned, as with every new project.  As you can see this bright and beautiful minky dot is great for softness and warmth, it is not so great for quilting and binding!   I had a really difficult time getting the fabric to grip the feed dogs, and there is one area that puckered on the back from stretching.  Binding?  I should have attached it to the minky back, and then hand sewn it to the cotton.  Lessons learned.  Honestly though, I probably will not use it for a quilt back again any time soon.  You can see it's already well loved, so in the end, that's really all that matters!

A view of the front, it was too rainy and dark to get a good picture of the quilting, all over stipple, with a loop-de-loop in the first border.  And even the pup got a little love with it!  They always try to sneak a corner of any quilt being used, but how can you blame them when they are soooo cute?

                                  

Now to get back to my Single Girl.... and a yummy FQ stack of Sherbet Pips!  So excited to finally see it in person!