Kate's PhDs - The 2nd Finish, Finally

Late is better than never right?  I finally got the binding on the Buck-a-Block quilt last week, so it's finished. 

My Guy has dubbed this quilt Texas Twilight.  The Buck-a-Blocks (designed my Mary B Hayes) are from Series #2 of the Thangles Buck-a-Block patterns.  These were purchased in Texas before we moved in 2006 and were supposed to have been a BOM.  I didn't start working on them till last year.  The Thangles blocks are made from a light blue dotted fabric and a black background blue bonnet print. 

I had planned to use green sashing and a print with large blue bonnets to set the quilt.  But neither seemed to work.  The blue and black fabrics came from my stash and seemed to be just right.  So this quilt looks nothing like the original computer mock up I did.  But I like it. 

The quilt was custom quilted by Trudy Lindemann.  She used loops in the blocks and black borders.  With a feather like design in the middle blue border and just straight lines in the last blue border.

This quilt will have a new home in Texas come Christmas.  So I'm glad to have this one done well in advance of the holiday. 

Only 4 months behind schedule.  Oh well, late is better than never.