I'm Not Foolin'

This isn't an April Fool's Joke.
It's the real deal.

You might remember that I had 

rededicated myself to work 

on one of my projects that was

long over due for completion.

It's the wool applique that I had started in 2004.

You can refresh your memory here is you'd like to.

It was a quilt that was a challenge

from the very beginning.

From making the templates,
to appliqueing the wool pieces, the embroidering

and finally the quilting,
it presented challenges and obstacles.

Well, here's the good part.

See I wasn't joking!

It's done!
It's quilted and bound.

An guess what?

I love it!
Quilting the black wool background
was only a daytime chore,
but it went fast with #12 black perel cotton
and big stitches.

The binding is the same as the flannel backing,
but with a narrow faux piping of green.

You can find lots of tutorials online
about how to make this this faux piped binding.
Here's what the binding looked like before I
attached it to the quilt.

I'm definitely going to use this technique again.
It worked perfectly with the scalloped edges.
And there's no hand stitching the binding down. 

I'm just smiling from ear to ear to
finally have this done.

And that's no joke either!

Until Next Time-