Finally Finished!

It's funny - once I actually got down to the business of quilting this baby, it took no time at all. I decided on doing all free motion quilting with no markings on the quilt top - something which usually gives my inner perfectionist the willies. I quilted spirals over the square blocks and, since I didn't mark out perfectly symmetrical spirals, they look all wonky. But that's OK - wonky was what I was going for. They came out pretty decent, but if I had it to do again I would make them a bit tighter. You can see them best when viewed from the back:



Despite my newly acquired machine binding skills, I opted to finish the binding by hand. I like the clean look of the sharp corners and I like sitting down and relaxing while I sew on the binding. It's mindless, yet comforting at the same time.