Quilting like a Maniac- Relaxing through Quilting.

I've been working on this quilt for absolutely forever, and it's no wonder, you got to see it... This is what it looked like at the end of October. I still needed to put the side sections on, and finish quilting the top more.  And now it's done!!! Here's a look! On a queen size bed Look at the quilting on each block.  Circular. Harry Potter is PERFECT on the pillows. The other side is just at long.  It hangs over the skirt of my bed.  I had to do quilt as you go with this one, and that took forever!!!! But so worth it.  Take a look at it hanging from my loft, so big I couldn't get a picture of the entire thing.  The quilting really comes out when you see it hanging (sorry, my husband took the pictures).  I used purple for around it and then black for the binding.  In between each block is 2 1/2 inches in between.  The colors are Kona solids, and for the purple I had to buy the entire bolt.  I used it all.  I ran out of the g

Well I almost made it.....  I almost got my Harry Potter quilt done.  I did add the final two rows, completed the castle (the last row was the hardest), attached them, and the only thing not completed, was the side wings (the side pieces to make it wider. It's huge.  Check it out yourself. My favorite block The hardest block to make, the castle. The funnest block to make but just as hard as the castle  Loved the quilting with the waves. and the circles around the other ones. Quilt pattern by SewFresh, a wonderful Canadian Designer, who makes fantastic patterns.  She's on Etsy. You had a choice, you could do the moon in the middle like I did or at the start so when you put the owl to the left, it looked like the moon shared both.  I love my choice. So I'm not done, yes I know, it's crazy, I will have to do the side pieces, quilt them and attach them. They're the length of the quilt which is very very long, covering the the pillows