First Finish

The pink waterlily opened this morning:

Very pretty! It probably didn't stay open long, as the sun hid behind clouds for most of the day.

My first job of the day was to try to fix this sort of thing:

Yesterday I sewed the binding onto the back of the quilt, but I had lots of wobbly bits where the weight of the quilt pulled me off course. So I stitched nearly the whole thing again, trying to sew straighter:

Then it was time to turn it over and stitch it down from the front:

And here's how it looked when I finished:

I braved the march flies to go outside and photograph it:

But as you can see from this enlargement, the march flies found me very quickly:

Here's the back so you can see the quilting better:

First finish for the year! I'm very happy to have finished this quilt without it turning into a UFO.


Post linked to: Patchwork Times January UFO Link-Up

Also linked to the final En Provence link-up. Check out all the amazing versions of this quilt around the world!