Saturday, February 23, 2013

Painted Lady's Outer Border

I have put on the outer borders of the Painted Lady quilt.  I had to order more of this fabric since the original kit didn't include any for an "outer border" (I changed the design!)  I was worried that this fabric would be a different dye lot than the original, it even came from a different shop.  But the worry was in vain because the colors matched up wonderfully and it looks amazing.  These pictures don't seem to do justice at all to the actual beautiful colors of this quilt!  There will be just the binding to go around, it will be the dark blue of the inner border and the "domes".  However, I have to wait for MORE fabric to arrive, it is back ordered so I'm not sure when I will get it.  It is the backing fabric.  I just ordered it a few days ago because I wasn't sure just what I wanted to do with the backing.  However, when my border fabric arrived from Hancock's of Paducah (check them out sometime!), they also sent me a FABULOUS CATALOG of a gazillion fabrics!  There were so many beautiful choices, it was difficult to decide!  I finally decided on the recommended backing fabric because I have snippets of it in the sashing strips, but they are so small you don't actually get the beauty or flavor of that fabric.  I'll post a picture when the fabric arrives.  In the meantime, here is a picture of the Painted Lady with her beautiful border.


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