It took me a full day of stitching (interspersed by puppy care, walking, attention, and meals, stretching, trips to the loo etc.) to sew the hidden quilt backing fabric to my canvas bag foundation. Since this is a slow stitch project that's fine -- I'm not in any particular hurry -- and it's a rare luxury for me to have an entire day to devote to my textile art.
For the quilting I followed the original stitch lines from the hidden quilt. I like doing things like that as an homage from me to the maker. The part that took the longest to sew was the fragile ragged edge side. That was pretty delicate work; I really felt the age of the fabric as I stitched. It was pretty thrilling for me, too. Every time I work with very old fabric I feel privileged.
I managed to get the little original boro patchwork right in the center of one side, too. Stay tuned to see my progress.
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