I pieced the Polar Express top during 2006 amd quilted part of it last year. When I put it on the bed last year I realized that it was to short. I needed to add about 6-8″ to the top of the quilt/bedspread to make it long enough to cover the entire bed nice and neat. The quilt has been hanging around in the train room unfinished. I knew it wasn’t going to be very much fun adding these extra pieces because I had most of it quilted on the top and would have to take some of the quilting out. Today I decided that I wanted to start working on this project to have enough time to get it completed for the train day (Dec. 13) this year. 
Here is the quilt on the bed last year. See how you can see the mattress under the pillow sham?
Batting. I think all my practice in piecing batting helped me work in this cramped space. I did piece the batting by hand because I didn’t think I would be able to do a very neat job with the sewing machine.
It is now all pin basted and ready to meet George.
Here is the quilt on the bed last year. See how you can see the mattress under the pillow sham?
I have added 8″ border fabric on one side. Did not have enough fabric to make an exact match, oh well, what’s a girl to do.
Not much room to work.
The front and back pieces have been added. The back is the blue fabric, but I did not have enough for the additional back piece, so I used some of the back fabric. Now for the………….
Batting. I think all my practice in piecing batting helped me work in this cramped space. I did piece the batting by hand because I didn’t think I would be able to do a very neat job with the sewing machine.
It is now all pin basted and ready to meet George.
You are one of the most creative people I know coming up with a way to lengthen a quilt that is nearly completely quilted. Whew!
Teri