The Zigzag revealed!

I'm really pleased with how this quilt has turned out and Caitlin loves it too. It's a throw size and because its machine quilted and far from perfect I am not as precious about it as I am with her other hand quilted one. As I was finishing the quilting on it I decided that I was going to use up the leftover squares and do prairie points instead of the usual binding. I have always wanted to put prairie points on a quilt and I think this quilt really lends itself to them. They were quite easy to do except that on the long sides the quilting goes all the way to the edges so I had to undo 1/2 an inch of those lines and re-sew them once I'd completed hand sewn the backing around the edge. No drama really just took longer than I'd anticipated. Next time I won't quilt all the way to the edge if I'm putting on prairie points. I thought in a later post I could do a tutorial on 'prairie points' so you don't have to go searching through books and magazines like I did to find out how to do them.

With the quilting I just followed the zigzag pattern and did 5 lines along each 'zigzag' and then an extra zigzag between every 2nd pieced zigzag which created the intersecting lines . I had no problems with puckering on the back only a little on the front which I can put up with. I can thoroughly recommend the use of basting spray although I also pinned it just to be on the safe side.

I love the back as much as the front!! I used up some leftover 1/2 square triangles for a strip down the centre which I think goes really well with those prairie points. I also love the main backing fabric because it reminds me of a drawing set called 'Spirograph' that I had as a child and still have.