Primer Quilt is Finished

My Primer Quilt AKA Sally, Dick, & Jane is quilted, bound, washed and dried.

It is minimally quilted-just enough to keep the batting in place.

Photo overload to follow.

The yellow binding was exactly enough.

I sewed it on the front by machine, then ironed it, wrapped it around to the back 

and machine sewed it on the back.

The label is sewn on with the binding.

I'm gifting this to a teacher friend who retired this year.

She was always supportive and listened and gave insightful advice 

while we taught in the same school for about 25 years.

We often worked together in summer school with my Multilingual Language Learners.

Each corner has a different colored pinwheel.

The center blocks were a little smaller than the others so I grouped them

and made the sashing wider to compensate.

These blocks are quilted with a simple outline of the center.

All the other blocks are quilted with an orange peel pattern.

I cut a half circle and chalked it on each side of the block.

Then I stitched continuously in one block at a time.

There were two sizes of blocks on the panel I used.

The smaller blocks are framed this way.

I grouped the blocks by color in columns because that looked best to me.

There are ten plain sixteen patch blocks that were added to make the quilt bigger.

I used up lots of scraps in the sixteen patch blocks.

Some of the scrap fabrics were leftover from small quilts I made for Vicki's daughters.

Showing the corners.

After washing and drying.

I love the crinkly look.

Next up - some birthday sewing for the grandkids birthdays.

Happy sewing!