Naming a quilt, embroidering the labels, and stitching on the binding are my final steps to completing a quilt. But when it comes down to adding the label, I need to settle on a name, which can take a while. For convenience and consistency during my indecisiveness on selecting a more personal name for this quilt, I used the working title Midnight Crossing, the same as its source pattern. Some name considerations for the final title were:
- CHEX (for checker boards and X's)
- RR_X-ing (since the X's look like those crossed bars for trains),
- X-TRA (why not?)
- ORANGE_IS_THE_NEW_BLACK (since it is sort of for Halloween).
- My husband suggested X_MARKS _THE _SPOT, which appealed, but I claimed it was too long.
My issue with length mellowed and so the chosen name became X_MARKS_THE _SPOT. Now I could machine embroider my labels and hand stitch them on diagonally. I secure them in place before I attach the binding. I was glad I had made the effort to fussy cut the binding so it lined up uniformly around the quilt. I also was pleased with the somewhat military precision of the piano key border.
- Start of the kit and first six blocks (08/18/22)
- Continuation with four more blocks (08/23/22)
- Completion of last six blocks (08/27/22)
- Making nine patch corner posts (08/29/22)
- Inner sashings and central assembly (09/12/22)
- Adding outer sashing and borders (09/16/22)
- Fussy cutting binding and thread selection for FMQ (09/29/22)
- Heart quilting in blocks (10/10/22)
- FMQ in inner and outer borders (10/14/22)
- Displayed for Third Saturday of October (10/15/22)
- Naming, completion and final photography (10/18/22 - this post)
Well, THAT quilt fits right in with your fall decor! Congratuations on a lovely finish. Two months for a quilt that complicated seems like breakneck speed for me, but I suppose if you were enjoying it, that makes it easy to focus. and, there's a distinct advantage to being able to start and finish a quilt in the same "season" - you can pick the fabrics you're inspired to work with at the start, and then enjoy it before the season's out if you're quick enough with your makes!
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