{"id":13704,"date":"2019-08-07T20:43:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T00:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=13704"},"modified":"2019-08-07T20:43:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T00:43:22","slug":"summer-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2019\/08\/summer-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been finishing any dolls in the past few weeks. I had a few other sewing projects that I REALLY wanted to finish up before the end of July. I didn’t quite make it by that deadline but I did finish them. The big project was a summer quilt. We had the wool quilt<\/a> on the bed since I finished it last fall but I wanted a cotton quilt. And here it is!<\/p>\n

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Here is the back-<\/p>\n

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I only used fabric that I already had plus reclaimed fabric from several of my me-made clothes. It is approximately 90″ x 90″ and goes on our queen size bed. The batting is wool. I hand quilted it. Here are some in-progress and detail photos.<\/p>\n

Finding a space and table big enough to sew on the binding.<\/p>\n

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Step 1 of the binding- the machine sewing.<\/p>\n

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Step 2, the hand sewing.<\/p>\n

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After the binding was on, I threw it in the washing machine, delicate cycle. Then dried it outside for a few hours. It was still a bit damp and I put it in the dryer. I didn’t notice any shrinkage but it was certainly wrinkled after it’s wash and dry.<\/p>\n

\"8-7-quilt<\/a>And here is a pic from my first night, test run. It was perfect!<\/p>\n

The other sewing I worked on was 2 shirts and I will post them next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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