Opera Quilt

The opera quilt is finished and was delivered to the opera fundraiser about an hour ago.  It looks good from a distance.  Here it is, modeled by Gwensdad.

This is the largest thing I have ever quilted.  If I ever say I want to do it again please shoot me.  Wrestling all that fabric in and out of the sewing machine was really not fun.  But I loved working with all those great black and white prints.  And there are plenty of scraps left over so I can make something for Gwen.

The pattern is Denyse Schmidt’s Hop Skip and a Jump.  Ever since making my first doll quilt with a miniaturized version of the pattern I have wanted to make it again.

Here’s a closer look.  When the top was finished it looked like there was too much white.  So I quilted the white strips to give them some texture and left the black prints alone.  The quilting job is really amateur. But it’s a crib quilt and the baby won’t care.  Hopefully the potential bidders will have a few drinks in them and won’t care either!