This is my fifth finish for
Finish Along 2015 Q2:
Hooray!
Finally I've finished that appliqué panel I started nearly two years ago and made it into something!
The original plan was to make a mini quilt wall hanging, but after I'd quilted the panel I decided I didn't want it hanging on the wall. My daughter suggested making it into a cushion, but I know that some of those appliqué seam allowances turned out very small, and wouldn't survive long as a cushion. Then I thought of a book cover to hide my former employer's logo on my pattern file (
see earlier post). That is what the panel has become.
The finishing top and bottom is rather unconventional.
Because the panel was already quilted I couldn't make the cover in the usual way: add the wadding and lining, turn right side out, close the gap and then quilt - almost as the last step - before adjusting the flaps and top stitching all round to finish off. I considered binding, but then decided to zig-zag across the top and bottom to hold the layers together and finish the raw edges. Binding would have been neater but now it's finished!
I am linking up to
I shall be linking up to Adrianne at On the Windy Side at the beginning of the third quarter.
Happy Sewing
Marly.
