Jade Garden Quilted!

It is done!! It is an oversize queen quilt (96"x96") and too large for one person to hold it up. (I do hope I'll be able to get a better photo sometime soon.)

For the most part, I followed my quilting plan. These pantographs are primarily from the Spring Sunrise Set by Christy Dillon, though I edited one of them slightly to better fit my design.

I spent about three days quilting it. Those blocks were really large! They were actually as big as I could fit in my stitching area and I had to rotate it on the frame all 4 ways to be able to stitch it out. The center block was too large and I had to stitch it out by pausing the long arm and forwarding it to stitch out the last portion, as shown in this Handiquilter video. I do also wish I hadn't skewed the outer borders, but despite that, it still turned out pretty well. 

For this project, I used Quilter's Dream Blend 70/30 batting because I was hoping it would breathe a little better during hot weather. I used Glide thread in the Mulberry color. It is extremely difficult to see the quilting because the fabric is so busy, but I did take a few detail photos.

I'm so happy it is nearly finished; I just need to sew on the binding. I'll set it aside for now until I make the next batch of quilt labels.