Waiting for its name label and a short turn in the washing machine, but I consider this quilt finished!

Meet "Stukkie-Bij", the quilt I started on my first sewing machine towards the end of 2024 and finished this week on my (new) current sewing machine. After I decided to adjust the initial design (I almost had a finished quilt top!), I added new rows to the main blocks which my carpenter grandfather would have called a "stukkie bij".

I've found the Trip Around The World block a fun but fiddly block to make, and I love the secondary designs you can create when playing around with colors and fabrics designs.

A next quilt is not yet planned, but I have ideas running around in my head.

Do you have a favorite (geometric) quilt block?

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I'm at the stage where it feels as if this quilt has five corners, not four.

I know I'm over halfway through stitching the facing, but it feels like I have only jus started and I still have five corners to round.

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Time to add the binding, and because I am using the fabric from the backing which is not used anywhere on the front, this will not really be a binding, but more of a facing finish.

Eight meters to sew on with the machine, then eight meters to sew down by hand.

Still need to make the quilt's label, and I think I've found this quilt's name.

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Almost done quilting this sandwich 

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.... All this time I wondered why it was suddenly so warm: is it the weather or am I having a hot flush?

No, Leonieke, it's simply because almost half of the quilt sandwich is on your lap, keeping you nice and toasty warm. 

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I am about half way with all my running stitches and while I love this part of making a quilt, I'm ready for the next step: making about 8 meters of binding 

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I have added an aqua fabric border and now it's time to start the quilting. I have chosen to go diagonally across the dark blue and light green squares with blue/green variegated thread.

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Next up: adding a border for some stability (great tip by @fskornia ), but I have not yet decided which fabric/color to use. The binding is still a question mark as well, but I have chosen the backing fabric and I will use a cotton/bamboo batting.

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... and I'm back where I was before I decided to adjust the TATW design.

But this quilt is now 3x3 blocks making it more manageable and useful.

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