It’s done! 
The urgently needed sofa quilt for a sick friend is finished and ready for delivery. Total time from first fabric cut to finish and laundering was 41 days. That’s close to my record of 39 days for a finished sofa quilt (see Log Cabin Sofa Quilt).
It is Winding Way/Wheel of Mystery sofa quilt made with batik and hand-dyed fabric. Half of the blocks were hand pieced while the other half were made on a vintage sewing machine. The inner border is mottled black with a piano keys outer border. It is bound with a blotchy black/red/blue speckled with gold fabric and hand quilted with YLI 40/3 ply cotton quilting thread. The label is hand embroidered.
The backing is grey with a small black print but was too small so I added a strip of mottled black to bring it to size. I rounded the mitered corners. The batting is Hobbs PolyDown. Finished size is 65″ x 58″.
As an added bonus while making this quilt top, I was able to finish stitching the blocks for the unfinished Wonky Stars quilt. I have stitched them together and am currently deciding about a border.
Shirl
By Carla Sun Apr 19th 2015 at 7:41 pm
As I told you on the fb group I just love this pattern. What size blocks did you use on this one? Your scrappy version is a stunner!
By shirlsu Mon Apr 20th 2015 at 12:29 pm
Thanks Carla. I purchased and use the Marti Mitchell templates for 8 1/2″ blocks. In my opinion, they’re a little pricey but have been well worth it. They work great with a rotary cutter. I’ve cut out and partly assembled a third Winding Ways quilt (batik). This one will be bed size.