Japanese X & + Quilt Finally Done

I started making blocks for this quilt in the spring of 2018. That’s eight years ago!!!

Today, I picked up the finished quilt from my long arm quilter, Happy Rock Quilting.

I made this for my guest room. It feels good to have it in there after all these years.

It’s made from all Kaffe Fassett Collective fabrics. A lot of them are now out of print and hard to find.

I absolutely LOVE that green polka dot fabric (Pond Spot). I think it absolutely makes this quilt. It would be quite blah without it.

I used a quilting design that is sort of a combo of a spiral and a Baptist fan. I prefer a dense quilting pattern and can tend to use the same design over and over. This is very similar to other designs I’ve used in the past.

I just LOVE the binding. It’s a Kaffe design that is printed with a diagonal stripe that shifts direction every few inches. So you can cut it straight and get a fun diagonal effect.

This next photo shows it with a bit of the front and the back of the quilt so ou can see how well it works with both.

Love it!

Here’s a photo that shows a better view of the quilting design.

And a little eye candy…

It feels really good to have it done and on that bed. And it sort of makes me feel like I want to start something new!

I spent a few hours at Trudy’s place on Tuesday to get in on some lambing action. There were no new lambs while I was there, but there had been a set of triplets born the night before.

It was enough for me to get my lamb fix. I just love spring lambs!

Rico got to move some sheep from pens to pasture in the morning. And before I headed out for home Bruno got to meet a day-old lamb. Here’s a video of that encounter,

My knee is better and better every day. I had a pickleball practice this morning with some friends and a coach we’re working with. Then I played with some friends this afternoon. It feels so good to re out there again!

Can’t believe tomorrow is Friday already. I guess I have enough going on if the days fly by.