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Summer Dreams

To finish my summer art quilt I used the vintage moire satin to make the binding, and sewed that on. It frayed a bit, and the thickness of the layers at the corners gave me a little grief, but I didn't worry about that. This slow-stitched project was about doing, not worrying.

This was my third large slow-stitched art quilt, and it taught me a lot. Embracing the fray would be at the top of that list. Allowing myself to dream while embroidering was another valuable lesson.

Being able to let go and just stitch helped me relax and work on my mindset to find calm during a fairly busy, chaotic time this year. I'm also happy that nearly every material I used for the project was either vintage or recycled.

I'm going with Summer Dreams as the name for the quilt because that's what it gave me. Here's the finished quilt:

Now to take a short break, and then onto the next project. :)

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