We woke up to rain Sunday morning so I took advantage of the enforced indoor time to get the top of my red and white quilt together.

Naturally, Burton had to be right in the middle of things. The blocks went together pretty quickly. They are big (16″) and are only 16 of them. Once they were together, it was just a matter of adding some borders. I wanted it big enough to cover the bed, and drop down the sides to past the top of the dust ruffle.

Mission accomplished!

Here’s a closer look at those borders.

Progressively larger borders until I got the top to 88″ square.

I have more of that red floral from the border for the binding. And this beautiful print from for the back.

It’s not part of the Moda French General line – it’s from Connecting Threads – but I thought it was a pretty good match to the overall feel of the quilt.

I’m not sure when I’ll be able to quilt it, as my vehicle situation is still in a bit of limbo (Dory is still drivable, but we’re keeping her to local trips, just in case – I need to get something newer soon). But I’m happy to have the top off my to do list.

And apparently so are the boys.