PEGASUS/BARS QUILT IS FINISHED

 I trimmed the batting and cut the backing to one inch.  I rolled the backing up and over the front and top stitched it down on the three sides.

The top, with the batik fabric, I had made longer so I could fold it down and create a 'chin guard'.  Afterwards, I thought it needed tying because I had doubled the batting inside to make it as thick as the rest of the quilt.

I think I want to wash it now and see what happens.

My quilt has no label - that's the first time I've not put a label on one of my quilts.

I made this as a replica of the orginal, found in Roderick Kiracofe's book Unconventional and Unexpected Quilts.

The original 

The back of the original

FINISHED TYING

 I got the last of the tying done on the Pegasus/Bars quilt and removed it from the longarm.

I'm not sure how I'm going to finish the edges - binding or facing or ???

MEMORIAL DAY AT HOME

I got busy quilting on Coordinates early and worked on it until lunch time.  It's looking great!

Then at noon, it was time to join the Brave Patch Monday Sewcial with my friends.  I prepped the Pegasus t-shirt with interfacing then cut up it up and made a large rectangle (with inset 'patches') to use on the backing of the Pegasus Bars quilt.  

RAINY SATURDAY FUN

 On our morning walk this morning, I saw this absolutely gorgeously vibrant orange Azalea bush.  I stole a couple of flowers off it.  

I came home and did some eco prints to see what color I could get from them.  I just used alum and steamed the flowers between watercolor paper. 

It didn't come out like I thought.  That's half the fun sometimes.  You never know what you'll get.  It's an indigo blue and yellow.  It's definitely more blue than it appears in this photo.

I pulled out a batik print that I thought I might use for the end of the Pegasus Bars quilt.  I pinned it up to audition it.  What do you think?

PEGASUS BARS QUILT IS PIECED

 While enjoying the company of Brave Patch Finish it Friday folks, I finished piecing the bars of wool for the Pegasus Bars quilt.  It still needs something to go across one end.

Then I went down a rabbit hole looking for a Pegasus to put on the back thanks to a suggestion by one of the BP Ladies.  I did find a t-shirt on EBay that I think I can use.  It will be here next week.  

And the next Color Box came from Quilted Strait quilt shop.  These are my next installment of all of the Windham Artisan Cottons - shot cottons.

Although I don't understand why anyone would need a white/white shot cotton, it's just a white fabric.  Not really a shot cotton.  It is nice quality though.

INSPIRED BY PEGASUS BARS QUILT

I saw this improv quilt on Quiltfolk's Month 2 of Break the Rules.  Kirocofe talked about it and I was inspired to make a copy of it. This quilt is made of pieced strips and scraps of different materials.  On the opposite side is a flag showing Pegasus.

I got out my wools, and was pleasantly surprised at how much I had, plenty enough to make this project. I will have to look through my horse fabric collection to see if I have a Pegasus.

I got three of the bars made today.