One More Memory

It's hard to believe that it's been 

a year and half since I went to 

Den Haan & Wagenmakers

in Amsterdam.

 It was a wonderful shop to visit.

I treated myself to a kit.

and started sewing it earlier this year.

I substituted lots of other Dutch Heritage

fabrics into the pattern.

Well, I got the top finished earlier this spring

and finally had opportunity to get it quilted by

one of my favorite local machine quilters, Debi R.

All the quilting has brought it to life.

So much color and pattern.

So much texture. 

I was initially concerned that stitching over

the big chintz pattern would be distracting and

take away from the beauty of the fabric.

But I was very happy how those large squares looked.

The border was the same wonderful complicated fabric, but

even using a feather design it worked out beautifully.  

You might have noticed that I didn't add a

tradition binding, but rather finished the edge in

the traditional Dutch way.

This method involves sewing strips of fabrics together,

 then sewing them to the front of the quilt 

and bringing it the the back of the quilt

where it's hand stitched in place.

In essence, it's creating a facing to finish the edge.  

 It's a very clean and sharp finish.

There are many tutorials online to get the specifics.

I used the same backing fabric so you can barely see it.

I finally got to use this special label

that I had been saving.

It includes the names of the wonderful quilters

I traveled with and those that I had the privilege to meet

along the way.

I am so happy to have this quilt finished.

The pattern name was called Clafoutis,

 which is a classic French dessert that

combines fresh cherries in a rich dense custard.

So obviously, to celebrate

I made a cherry clafoutis.

Both the dessert and my quilt

turned out perfect. 

Hope you agree.

Until Next Time-

Kyle