Doesn’t it feel good to finish a quilt you’ve had sitting around for a long time? This Wonderland quilt, named for its Alice in Wonderland vibes, had been sitting in a pile of unfinished quilt tops for three years. It wasn’t until the beginning of this year that I finally decided to tackle it.
My Wonderland quilt uses Denyse Schmidt New Bedford fabric surrounded by a black and white checkboard pattern, which is what reminds me so much of Alice in Wonderland.
I mentioned in an earlier blog postthat I started with the New Bedford fabric centerpieces and the quilt kept growing from there. To get the New Bedford fabric and the checkerboard all looking centered and evenly distributed, the quilt kept getting bigger and bigger. It’s not the size I planned on but I’ll take it. I rarely make quilts this big so I think it’s good to have some larger quilts in my collection.
The reason this quilt took so long to finish is because the large size made me take longer than normal to choose the right quilt back.
I had the main piece of fabric I wanted to use for the back – a large cut of Liberty of London pink floral – but I knew I needed something more.
After digging through my stash, I realized that Sleeping Porch fabric by Heather Ross would work well.
Now the back has a little corner of Sleeping Porch fabric that I quite like.
The binding on this quilt is also Denyse Schmidt and is from one of her old collections she did with Joann Fabric.
It feels pretty satisfying to have this quilt finally done. And I like it so much I’m even using it on my own bed.
Now I’m just working on getting the right pink shams to make the bed complete.
