Finish it up Friday - Walk, Don't Walk

Well I dithered and dithered about the binding for this little quilt which was made for fun using leftovers from Big Red Triangles.   Thank you to all the nice people who commented on my earlier post with suggestions.   I was really drawn to the idea of a no-binding binding, but with the thought  "if in doubt, try the more challenging option and learn something" I eventually settled on the red on acqua, acqua on red option.

Are you like me and feel compelled to point out the flaws in things you make?  Not sure what that's about.  This has got lots of flaws but actually the only one I'm going to mention is that some of the wingtips of the flying geese are missing, but this was my first go at flying geese, so that's okay.  

Another first was matchstick quilting, with a fiddly colour change at the seam between red and acqua sections which involved lots of pulling the ends to the back (296 in fact).  I used the same red Aurifil as Big Red Triangles, and a Gutterman acqua sew-all.  They seem to get on quite well together! 

Backing is the old standfast Ikea Nummer - a word of warning, when I hold up this quilt to the light you can actually make out the numbers, but I won't be holding it up to the light too often.

The name of this quilt was in my head all the time I was making it - because it reminds me of people on a crossing but also because the effect of the triangles and the vibrant colour contrast is a bit edgy, so I felt it was a bit like someone shouting Walk, Don't Walk simultaneously.  All right, call me pretentious:-)

Walk, Don't Walk
17x20 inches
Klona in crimson
Moda Bell solids in Carribbean
Aurifil 28
Gutterman Sew-all
Warm and Natural batting
Ikea Nummer backing









Linking up to New to Me at Celtic Thistle Stitches - Fiona always inspires me to be more adventurous - and to Finish it up Friday - thank you to Amandajean for making me get my finger out.