chevron wedding quilt (part two)

Pinning the quilt (started this summer, last mentioned here in November, finished very recently), took a little more than four hours and seven hundred pins, which wasn't much considering I worried about how to do it for a month.

I was lucky enough to have a more quilt-experienced friend to advise me to move my furniture and tape the backing to the floor super-taut. I used high-tack blue masking tape to stretch it a bit at a time, then layered and smoothed the batting and the top into place.

I pinned starting near the center, then towards the margins in quadrants, a pin in each seam and corner, and more along the edge.

Anyway, that's it for now. Anyone struggling with how, exactly, a gigantic, room-sized quilt gets pinned together in the middle of the night before a preschooler can ix-nay the ork-way, now has a bit of a heads-up, complete with nighttime photos.

More soon! Thanks for reading.

vintage finds: new this week in my etsy vintage shop

I've done a bit of treasure hunting lately with my vintage shop in mind (as opposed to my usual treasure hunting, which results in me needing to clear more space or get rid of a dresser or something). I hope you agree it's a nifty little collection I've turned up!


Mid-century inlay tray by Couroc of Monterey, California

Ceramic "World's Champion Bull Thrower" mug

1930s "Perfect Attendance" bowling pin trophy

If any of these is right up your alley, hop on over and make it yours! There's some other neat stuff in the shop right now, too, like some Kathie Winkle dishes (priced individually) and a Kromex ice bucket, so if you're an admirer of mid-century modern, there's a lot to love. You can use the code "comeonspring" at check-out to save 25% off through the end of April.

Thanks for reading!

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