quilt is finished!

I have finished up the quilt I intended to be a Fathers Day gift. Oh well, we haven't had any cold weather to put it to use since then anyway.
I sometimes need to be under pressure to get a project finished so I was stitching down the label in the car on the way over to take it to my father.

The book where I found the pattern called this a Barristers Block, but a couple of my quilting friends said they think it is a Bear's Paw block.

Since it is for my "Paw"... I think Bears Paw is an appropiate name.

Anyway, the blocks are 8" blocks, set 8x10.... So with borders it is about 70" x 86".

 

It's hard to see the quilting in these pictures. I machine quilted it on my Brother PQ1500S

, doing a meandering stipple.  I used a Hobbs 80/20 batting (That's 80% cotton and 20% polyester).

On the back, I used flannel. I wanted the bandana print for the whole thing...bandana handkerchiefs are almost my dad's trademark..he always has one in his pocket.

Unfortunately, the store didn't have nearly enough so I filled in with another blue print and a sporty yellow stripe. The flannel gives the quilt some nice weightiness.

I did a butted edge binding for the first time and I didn't have the problem with edges rippling. It seemed easier and made nice square corners but I need to learn how to trim some of the bulkiness out of the corners as they are sewn.

I really enjoyed working on this quilt! I picked plaids because I thought it would give the quilt a more manly look. At times I was worried that it was too bright. As I finished it up I was happy with the whole thing. I feel like it looks cheery and homey.