"Steps" - done

This Rebuilt Log Cabin project is DONE, with the exception of a label.  Saturday is Guild Day and I’ll take this for Show and Tell.  This is about 82" x 104", and quilted on a DSM, no stitch regulator.  It’s difficult to see the border, but it’s all various leaves, a few sprites, scrolls, curliques, a ribbon or two, following an implied vine, serpentining around the border, following the path of dark blue squares.  The quilt finished very square and straight.  Despite looking complicated, this is an easy border, which started with Quiltville.com Scrappy Bargello.  The first border (at the bottom) contained a bright blue that I didn't care for, but left it in - after all - that's how it started, and you never know what it's going to look like until it's done. 

DH was trying to hold it straight, but the deck is still icy and it’s COLD today!  And there is still some fluff, bits of thread to be removed.

I started this in October 2011 end, making the 50 Log Cabin blocks at a 3-day Quilt Retreat.  But then, due to several too-sad, distressing family illnesses and deaths, could not get back “into it.” The sad stress resulted in that our household was not working well, until I realized that “Steps” is what life, and death, and our quilting, are sometimes all about. Some steps are good, some terrible, but we still have that journey to wade through.  So I pulled myself back into this pastime that I love, the one that calms me, gives me inspiration, and exemplifies our lives, and our life returned back to some semblance of quiet order. The border?  Yes, it’s somewhat overwhelming – that’s exactly what it should be – a little overwhelming, to finish THIS quilt, called “Steps