I only have the binding left to stitch down by machine on the front of the quilt and the first Frozen quilt is done. I had a devil of a time with puckers on this project because I ditch stitched the borders from the outside in. I won't be doing that on the second quilt and will take my chances with wavy borders. The next Frozen quilt should go much more quickly since I already know what I'll quilt where and with which thread. Daughter #1 has to accept the experimental version! It is not flawless by any means but I know she wanted it done rather than perfect and as far as the mistakes, I just had to LET IT GO, LET IT GO! (haha, couldn't resist!).
The quilting in the borders is 'simple' straight lines. (More on the headache of this kind of quilting tomorrow). In the outer border I set the lines various distances apart and I like the way it looks and feels. I really struggled with how to quilt this border. I didn't want to free-motion quilt because I chose to use monofilament thread (with which I have difficulty fmq). The sample in the pattern used perpendicular lines to the inner border but that would require so many starts and stops - my heart just wasn't into doing that much work! Straight lines can be boring but I think what I ended up with adds just a little more interest to the channel quilting without being too labour intensive. I just added a simple 'x' using the iridescent embroidery thread in the blank blocks to let the snowflake applique blocks take centre stage.
I was very surprised how big the quilt is once I put it over my DD's queen size bed. I think she is going to be very pleased with it - cute and sparkly on the 
front and cuddly flannel on the back. Adding the binding to the edge of the quilt was much easier using the paper towel roll trick. I didn't get tangled up in binding and it stayed tidy. I will be happy to get these two quilts done so I can finish up my Double Wedding Ring and start some new projects.
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