#1 November Finish for a Lovely Year of Finishes

Early in November I wrote of my goal to finish the binding on a quilt I call Dark Strings.  Despite surgery, visits from family, and work, I am pleased to be able to say that I've met that goal.  The quilt has been bound, washed and dried, and slept under.  A true finish!

Here are the details about this quilt.

Measurements
66 1/2" x 87 7/8" - top with borders
65 1/4" x 86" - after quilting
64 3/4" x 85 3/4" - after binding

Timeline
9/10/14 - string blocks begun
10/16/14 - string blocks finished
11/1/14 - corners added to blocks
11/21/14 - blocks sewn together
7/7/15 - first border sewn
7/8/15 - second border sewn
7/11/15 - scrappy back sewn
7/13/15 - layers basted together
7/18/15 - quilting begin
11/5/15 - quilting finished
11/7/15 - binding sewn on front
11/15/15 - finished sewing binding on back

Batting
Soft 'n' Crafty 80 cotton/20 poly, 3/16" loft.

Observations

• This quilt has been particularly hard to photograph, not just for the finish photo but through all its stages to completion.
• This is probably the fastest I've ever made a quilt -- just over 14 months.
• As I hand quilted I realized that some of my stitches on the underside of the quilt barely caught a thread or two.  I tried to stitch more carefully after that.  (I'm still learning the art of hand quilting.)
• I really like the look of the wide border when the quilt is laying out on the floor or on a bed but I'm not so thrilled with it when it's folded across the back of the couch.
• I still like the 80/20 batting (which I've used for several other quilts).

I'm linking this post to A Lovely Year of Finishes November 2015 Finishes Party at Fiber of All Sorts and Binding Blitz at JulieKQuilts.  Thank you both for hosting.

--Nancy.

P.S.  You can see other photos and posts about this quilt here, here, and here.
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