Purple Patchwork Panda complete!

After much anxiety and drama (oh, how I hate you, purple leafy fabric!!!), the Purple Patchwork Panda is complete. Many thanks need to go to AJ for sharing this wonderful pattern in her Panda Quilt Along.


Bound and washed, this panda is good to go! And look:


There is nary a trace of the purple that bled into the white! I went ahead and quilted and bound the quilt, then threw it in the wash using a little Synthrapol rubbed directly into the stain and four Color Catchers (which did turn very purple). When it came out, I was so happy to see that not only did the panda stay white, but the section that bled was practically white too! Unless you know to look, you'd never notice the bleeding, it is that faint now.


Apparently, pre-washing the back 8 times paid off, because it caused no trouble.


I think the quilting works pretty nicely too. I love all the texture in the panda body! I also stippled in the purple areas and then used different coordinating threads to quilt petals in the pinwheel blocks.


And here's the label. How pretty is that name? I just love the name Frances. And she is the sweetest little baby girl (8 weeks old now!). Hopefully, she'll enjoy her new quilt for a long time to come.