*hee*  To follow up my WIP post on my  Finished Piece Monday, I thought I'd share a finished piece on WIP Wednesday.  *s*

This is a quilt some of you may remember I started back in 2009 - and when I was done making the top, I was sooooooo upset because I felt it was such a waste of a fabulous vintage fabric.

Although it didn't turn out as I had imagined it would, I do like it very much now.  (Time heals all wounds, as they say).  I quilted it last night in about an hour flat, because we desperately needed a "summer weight" quilt for our bedroom (which is situated on the surface of the sun, y'see. Or perhaps that's my menopausal symptoms talking.  No matter!) 




The patterned fabrics are two different fabrics - the rusty based Aztec-y fabric is the aforementioned vintage cotton, the darker brown is an upholstery weight rayon-cotton blend, the light green is cotton and the orange sashing and back are silk taffetta.

The long piece along the top is not an extra-wide binding but a cover up for scorch marks on the silk from my iron (long story).




This is an extra long queen - I usually make my queens 83 x 90, this one is 83 by 105.  I do remember that I made it that long for a specific purpose, but I'm not what that was anymore.  Possibly, I intended to fold it over the pillows on the bed.  Instead, I'm making matching shams just for fun.

Anyway - that's my chatty Wednesday morning post.  Hope you like both the quilt and the content - see you on Friday!