The Finished Quilt

I am so glad that I added that extra three inches all around, as it tucks in at the foot and reaches the headboard just right. One usually thinks of a queen size quilt as much larger, but with a four-poster like this the extra width and length of a regular sized queen quilt  gets all bunched up at the posts, making bed look unkempt and awkward. I hate an awkward bed, don't you? I'm not planning on using this until I take it to our next Modern Quilt guild meeting April 9th. Must keep it dawg hair free.


Speaking of the dawgs, I was sweeping up the tumbleweeds of dawginess today and had this conversation with Dave:
me: The thing about the pug's dog hair is that it clumps. Not like cat hair which flies all over the place when you try and sweep it up. I can make a nice pile of the hair and get it all up and into the garbage as a piece.
Dave: And to think I was worried about running out of things to talk about...