Thread: a stitch in time

I like the detail you've incorporated on the sides and the back story

what is the finish and how is the quilt attached?

From the pictures it looked small. Then I read the story.

Interesting piece.

Thanks for the replies, i should have said the quilt was 7ft sq the cabinet itself was bigger, the finish was an experiment for me, i normally use estapol but given it's in a public venue I wanted something hardwaring. So i used polyurethane for the first time, (3 coats)thinned about 10% and wiped on with a lint free cloth over some wading - wading that i used behind the felt in the cabinet and both wrapped around a block of timber. (the wading was only to absorb the poly) I used a sanding sealer on a couple of pieces but found it wasnt necessary. I basically used the first coat of poly as a sealer sanded with 180grit - 2 coat lightly sanded with 240g and then finish sanded with scothbrite then the third coat. it wasnt actually a wipe on poly the first piece i coated with a brush as directed but really wasn't impressed with the uneven looking finish. so i improvised - first tome with poly gets thefrom me. it came up great!
i think i took a photo while under construction

See the stack of chairs on the right in pic #1?
Almost a shadow-box of a display.
Expect the quilters to be satisfied with that one.