OMG: A Finish!

We were home from the grocery store before noon yesterday, and that gave me plenty of time to finish sewing the binding on Gingerbread Square. It sure feels good to have this one finished. It was started December 26, 2014 and finished December 20, 2016, so almost two years in the making. The pattern is Gingerbread Square from Crabapple Hill Studios.

Here's a look at the quilt back.

It's a happy thing to have had enough of this candy cane striped binding.

The blocks are hand embroidered. The design for each block was first traced onto white fabric, then colored with good old Crayola crayons. After the color was applied, the blocks were heat set with an iron and then hand stitched. 

Here's a look at the quilting in the two borders.

This is my project for December's

so, I'll be linking up next week. (Edited to say the linky party is right here!)

Today I'm getting a haircut and catching up on some housework. There probably won't be much time for sewing. If there is, I'll get a start on paper-piecing the last blocks for Quiltmaker's Garden, another long, long, long-term project.

Happy Winter Solstice, Everybody! 

The days are going to get longer now.