My new quilt

I took this picture so that you could see a close up of the quilt. This is the border that I was working on today. I made small pieces of the colors on the quilt and stitched them together with the black for a nice framing of the quilt.

The last few days I have been trying to catch up on my unfinished projects in my sewing room so that I can start another project. This is a quilt that I have been working on for almost a year. I saw a similar quilt in a craft show that we stopped at in W. Virginia last spring. I didn't have the pattern and they didn't sell it there. I took very detailed pictures and then figured out the pattern on my own. The fabrics are batiks. I was all set to do a red color where the dark color is on the pattern but Sara suggested a black color and I thought that would look much better. I am pleased with the outcome. It is a very large quilt so we will put it on our bed. I haven't made a quilt for our bed so this is a good choice and a chance to change the look in our bedroom. I am going to Coleman tomorrow so I will stop at a quilt shop down there and buy the backing for this quilt. Again I will buy some batik fabric that will go with the other fabrics. I am leaning toward something in a dark blue mix so that it goes with the walls. Now I have 4 quilts to take to my quilter as soon as I finish making the backs for them. THEN I can start a new project.