Quilt Done!

Let me tell you a story about a quilt.

Some time ago, probably around April 2011, I decided I wanted to really get into quilting.  We have a twin size bed in our guest room, so I thought I'd make a quilt from that.  Move beyond baby quilts.

Enter Quilt Magazine.  I found a design I love, with a name I hate: Skinny Dip. I've since learned that I adore these designers.  They make the most beautiful fabric (which, being Moda, is too expensive for me.)

I didn't use the suggested fabric, but instead ordered strips from Connecting Threads (who I also love).  They arrived in May of 2011.

In July of 2011, I started working on the quilt.

In August, something big happened.  My little Kenmore got traded in for a major upgrade: my beloved Bernina!  And I finished this quilt top!

The time span of this quilt represents a lot of progress for me. 

I learned to free motion quilt, I learned to bind a quilt "properly" (well, I still don't do it well, but way better than what I did before).  I learned to do pictorial quilts, and made some art quilts.  I made my first mini-wholecloth and started dabbling with machine embroidery.  I've completed the majority of my master's degree (which also required making a quilt!)  I made a baby quilt and a twin size quilt as gifts.  I made dresses for our cruise, and did some other garment sewing. And I did all of this while neglecting this top!

I actually don't know when I started quilting this quilt.  It was before I made the twin size quilt for my Mom, but this got set aside for that. I clearly didn't blog the progress well!  I decided since it was so colorful I would do the quilting with every color of thread I have (and actually ordered some more from Connecting Threads to up the variety). 

I quilted with tons of different designs, making it a sampler of sorts.  I used pink thread on the back, and the edict to use the same color on top and bottom is there for a reason!  I had lots of "dots" of dark thread on the back...but luckily they blended in while washing.

Now that it is done (I woke up at 5:30 this morning to bind it...), washed, and photographed, it is on our guest bed and I just love it.

There is only one conundrum.  I love the backside more than the front.  The quilting is just SO pretty (not to toot my own horn or anything.  It is flawed, but pretty.)  Thiis happens a lot with my quilts- I'm clearly meant to be a quilter, not a piecer.  I love the quilting look.

Should I display it upside down?