Two Border Amish Crib Quilt

I told you I would show you my new hand stitching project today. It is number 15 on my long list of quilts for 2025. In the January post I call it the Amish crib quilt. My inspiration came from this book, Amish Crib Quilts From the Midwest, the Sara Miller Collection, page 39. This book is available on Amazon.

Several of the quilts were simple crib quilts with two narrow borders. They were titled 'plain quilts'. I'm calling mine the Two Border Amish Crib Quilt. There were no measurements or instructions given to make the quilts so I did the math. I'm sure I posted about this little quilt before but I can't find the post. 

My fabrics are a green for the main body and a medium red for the borders. The red borders are Kona fabric. The green is fabric I purchased at an Amish fabric store, I never heard of the manufacturer. 

White YLI hand quilting thread is being used instead of black thread. I did stitch several inches with black but didn't like so I removed it. The outside border is a chain of feathers.

The first long side border is quilted.

I'm stitching in the ditch along the sides of the narrow borders next to the outside border. I'm using 4 needles so I can quilt all four edges as I go. For me, this is easier than quilting one edge all the way then going back and quilting the next edge.

I used a white Sewline marking pencil to mark the designs through the stencils. The marks will wash out after the quilting is finish. I like how it makes a narrow line and it doesn't rub off like a chalk pencil does. In my opinion, chalk pencils are worthless, you can't sharpen them without the chalk breaking.

See how the outside edge of the fabric is sticking up? I don't like that.

Now I've stitched the fabric edge down flat. When the quilting is finished and I'm ready to trim the edge, it will be easier because that edge is flat.

The four borders around the quilt are quilted then I rolled the two long sides in and I'm ready to start quilting the inside. The markings don't show in this picture but they're there! The inside looks a little loose but it will quilt out just fine. Sorry about my shadow, I was trying to get most of the quilt in the picture.

It is going to be challenging to take true color pictures of this green fabric, it really is prettier than it looks. When it's completely finished, I'll take a picture outside and you will see the true color.

I'm using the stick and stand frame because I think the tension is better than the Grace Frame.

YLI hand quilting thread is available from Red Rock Threads. 

Here is a link to a post about putting a quilt into this frame. I tried to be detailed. Hopefully it will answer any questions you have.

Linking to Patchwork & Quilts, Kathys Slow Stitching Sunday, Stitching Stuff, Oh Scrap, Handmade Monday, Sew & Tell, Craftastic Monday, Design Wall Monday, Monday Musings, To Do Tuesday, Valomea's Patchwork