Stratified Layers of Life and Love

 It took me a month to quilt the blocks and join them with the sashing. It took another month to add the borders and quilt them. But all in all, I think the final product was worth the time.

 I literally went through miles of Aurifil thread. I really love this thread. It's thin, but strong and goes through my machine wonderfully. I love that I can change the end of the spool so that the thread can come off it the other direction.

There is new spool of off-white thread on the right side is because the first spool is completely use. I think if I had used just one color I would have gone through four or more spools. I think my husband has figured out that I horde Aurifil thread more than fabric. Although he's not complaining too much, this is his favorite quilt to date.

 I spent a lot of time going through lots and lots of Leah Day's FMQ fills. It was a blast using so many of them.

The quilt is a generous queen size and I used Quilters Dream Puff batting. It was constructed using QAYG (quilt-as-you-go) methods and faux piped binding. You can see tutorials for these techniques on my tutorial page.

I'm linking up today with Richard and Tanya Quilts for Finish Friday, Quokka Quilts for TGIFF and The Free-Motion Quilting Project for FMQ Friday.


Color Me Quilty!

Pat