Well, I sewed the 10 extra blocks onto the main quilt this morning. It went really fast. Yea! Unfortunately I used more white Eiffel Tower fabric in the new blocks than I used in the old ones so the left side of the quilt is kind of heavy on white. But it is probably one of those things that no one else would notice unless you pointed it out. Which I guess I just did.
I bet no one would notice my daughter's head peeking out over the top of the quilt unless I mentioned it either. I need to make her do more push ups so she will be able to hold quilts all the way up over her head for loooong periods of time. You have to have good upper body muscle tone to be in a quilter's family. :) Seriously though, I usually take the quilt pictures around here, but I held up a quilt for someone awhile ago and my arms got tired fast. So I have a bit of empathy.
I think I am going to skip the batting and use fleece to back this. Has anyone done that? Good results? Things to look out for?
Linking up to WIP Wednesday.
I have used no batting before and it worked well. I would recommend using a layer of something like a white flannel in place of batting to keep seams and the color from the backing from showing through the thin fabrics.
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