Update first... I have now not been working for the last two weeks and have had a lovely week off spending time with family and friends. I've also got tonnes of reading to do for my course, so I've been trying to get my head around doing that. But I'm loving it!
As for the quilt update, the quilt top is now all sewn together and I am a few hours away from completing the back of the quilt. I decided to leave the back of the quilt quite plain, and so am using a king-sized flat sheet and am putting one line of constant colourful squares at the bottom. When I finished the quilt top I checked the size of it against my bed and also against the wadding that I've already bought, and the decision was to not do a border around the edge but to add in a thicker edging. I'm sure there are some technical words to describe the process, but I think it will make sense when you see the final product... whenever that will be!
And for the diversion:
I saw this amazing quilt in the Blackett bedroom in Wallington Hall (National Trust). Unfortunately nothing is really known about it, or at least the guide and the room information couldn't give me much to go on. The stitching and the fabric strips are tiny, and can't be more than 1cm wide.
The guide estimated that it must be over 100 years old, and would have been part of the furniture left to the National Trust by the Trevelyn family who originally owned the house.
