Quilted Vest Progress - Vertical Quilting

I love how it's turning out, this is the underside, with the remaining quilting lines marked. After double-checking the pattern directions it appears that I won't have enough hand-made double bias tape left over from the blue/green apron to use on the long vest, so I'll have to decide whether to use the polyester/cotton blend tape that I already have, or to make my own. Either way, I need to get this quilting done first, so I have some time before I need to have decided. I have around a third of the vertical quilting still to complete on this front panel, with twice as much left still to complete on the other front panel. I've genuinely enjoyed the process of hand-stitching all of these quilting lines, but hopefully I'll be able to do future quilting projects without the time pressure of wanting to wear the garment ASAP (I really want to wear this in my longsword class).

One front panel from a long quilted vest, shown from the underside. The horizontal stitching is finished, but about a third of the vertical stitching is still missing.


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