Carm's Creative Vision: Updates on Feed Sack/Trip Around the World Quilt

I bought this quilt almost a year ago from my guild's annual auction....

"My second quilt I picked up from the silent auction was this gem, for THREE DOLLARS. It is a really beautiful quilt top! It was advertised as a feed sack quilt, but after further review with my mom, we think it's more 50's style print. Either way, whoever created it did a great job of balancing the colors and transitioning to new colors. I like the character it has as well. The creator used the fabrics they had, so one of the selections ends up in multiple places (at both the top and the bottom) to fill in where a pattern or two was lacking. I also like that this quilt is not too feminine or too masculine. I think I might adventure to finish this for myself! It would look wonderful in my navy blue and gray themed master bedroom. I have to decide whether I would need to add any more border to make this a queen sized quilt or not. Since it is just the topper I have a lot more room to play with what has already been made."

Though I decided not to add any more on to the edges like I originally thought I would, I'm still extremely happy with my purchase and what I ended up doing with it!

For almost a whole year, the topper sat next to my washing machine as a gentle reminder that I do need to wash this because what the heck is that odd smell? I finally got around to washing it in ohhhh October or so.

Then it sat around on my couch and in the "to be completed" projects pile for another couple
of months as I finished up all my Christmas presents I gave this year.

Then one day as I was fiddling around on the internet, I found out that someone did long arm quilting in my neighborhood! Kayci from American Quilting Services was so easy to work with and did a wonderful job! Within 10 days of initially contacting her she was able to meet up with me, get working on my quilt, and had it back to me!

We decided on an all-over pattern with contrasting thread color to give the
back design since the thread blended in to the front.

Then it sat around on my couch for another week until I could make myself sit on the floor to pin all the binding on... probably my least favorite despite the fact that it means the quilt is almost done!!

And then I got to do the fun part....