After an all day marathon quilting blitz, the Shaker Quilt is finished. Here is a picture of it hanging for photographic purposes. An interesting sidebar is the the display element. I ripped out a long
2" x2" x 8' of Cherry that I had in the basement and affixed some cheap clamps that came with some drapery rod hardware that I never used. I saved them for "someday" and today, someday came in the form of a need. They are spaced along one edge and more closely at the ends of the board to accommodate the variations in quilt size. I clamped the quilt to the board and hung it from the top of some door moulding in the Dinning Room. When not in use it resides in the Attic, of your Worst Dreams, with all the out of date Hi-Fi equipment and other, to good to throw away stuff. I never liked laying the quilts down on the floor because you get a distorted perspective. Anyway, the dimensions are: 72" x 72". It was a fun project and caused me to be especially careful in assembly. All the points were forced to meet at precise angles, as that is the sort of thing that the Shakers excelled at. It is probably the most perfectly made quilt from that perspective that I have ever done. I had to reset one of the points as I didn't like the fact that it did not quite match up. Mother Ann, the founder of the Shakers, would be very displeased if She looked down and saw that flub. So to keep her from coming down and scolding me, I corrected the flaw and now it is as you see it. As nearly perfect as I could make it.Enjoy,
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John