Lots of Progress

I have been working on my Project of Doom quilt, and I have the Serpent and the Spider incorporated into the borders now, and the borders are attached.  Tomorrow I will make and pin the sandwich!

My spider turned out really well.  It was a lot of work for a mere 8 inches of border, but it was worth it.  Here it is in all it's glory on the top of my bookcase!:

Cute Spider

I'm especially proud since I designed the spider and paper pieces.  The only really tricky part was getting those skinny legs to line up.  Looks easy on paper, but hard to do in the actual sewing of it.

The serpent was also redone (one section) so that it would not appear to be floating in mid border, but actually creeping up the bookcase and peering over the edge.  It almost looks like he'd like to have my spider for lunch!  Here is the revised serpent:

Maybe I should have had its body touch in another place, but it was not fun tearing out a section of the serpent.  I had to redesign the piece, but forgot that I had reduced the image to 80%...  Yep, more tearing out and more work.  So many details, so little brain!  LOL.  Anyway, re-doing one section was enough for me!

<DRUM ROLL> please!  Here is the finished quilt top!  

Harry Potter Quilt

I need to find a good binding color now.  I had planned on using the wood grained fabric but that will blend in with the book case feet on the bottom, so it has to be something different.    I don't want black because it would become too Halloween-ish then.  I will have to try out different samples to see what works best.  Got time for that too, I have to quilt this first, before I bind it.  I am pleased... I LOVE THIS QUILT!  It was so much fun to do, and it turned out really well (in my humble opinion.)