Fabric Play

In between swimming, (trying to stay cool in this heat) this is the mess I've been making for the past three days in the sewing room,

I finally found the time to cut into these pretty fabrics.

Half way there.

In my down time at work, I made three of these.

Because I was fortunate to have won this beautiful pattern a few weeks ago.

Happy Stitching.

Linda

Bound and Washed

I finally got the last of the binding stitched down on our quilt. It's washed and now on the bed.

I used the left over blocks and pieced the backing (above).

If we don't look too closely we can't see the faults.

It will keep us warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

I finished a commission quilt last night for one of the girls at work.

Into the washer and dryer it went this morning.

I love how it turned out, even though I'm not a big fan of names on quilts.

All the fabrics came from Hawthorne Threads. A pretty fat quarter bundle. A few nine patches were left over so I used them for the letters, hearts, stars and moons.

Add a little yardage  for the borders and backing and call it completed.

I had fun playing with one of the stitches on my Janome. Shame I hadn't thought about elongating the stitch until after I was half way through it.

Leftover pieces were used to make up the binding.

Now it's time to clean up the mess I've made from the sewing room and into the living room.

Happy Stitching.
Linda

Moving On

Thank you for all your kind words on the horror quilt. I decided to stitch the binding on and just move on. It was never made as a show quilt, just to be put on the bed and used.
I've almost finished the quilting on this one and hope to make a start on Jenna's quilt tomorrow.

I had a wonderful email a few days ago from a long time friend in Australia, whom I haven't seen in over 12 years. She and several quilting friends will be traveling throughout  the United States at the end of the year. It didn't take much convincing to get me to agree to meet up with them in this beautiful town in late October.

Now I'm just trying to convince this wonderful friend to join us on the trip.

Happy Stitching.

Linda