Friday Night Sew In ...What I Accomplished

Last night for the Friday Night Sew In I got a little more than half of the binding sewn down on this quilt. I really enjoy hand sewing the bindings.


It's breezy this morning so the quilt was flying around for the shot. I love this quilt!

And my second Whirlygig top is finished. I had to bring it inside for the shot. I know why they are called flimsies now. It was flying around all over the place.


I wanted to get it basted but didn't. Maybe today.

Quilt Festival Spring 2010

I started this quilt a few years ago and finished it last year. It seemed to be in progress forever. I started quilting it on the Flynn frame and I had to take it off and just quilt it the way I usually do. Lots of readjusting. I do like quilting better this way. I never used the frame again. Some people love them though. This is the first finished pic I have of it (took today). I can't believe I didn't take a pic of it when I finished it. It's feedsack reproduction fabric and white. It looks off white or like it has a print in the picture but that is the backing ( a vintage yellow flower sheet) showing through. (The batting is very thin). This quilt is very loved and used everyday.





Quilt Festival. Hosted by Amy at Amy's Creative Side.

SMS Winner...

Thanks to all who entered. I enjoyed reading through your comments ( not finished yet).

The winner of the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway is Jingle who said:

Jingle said...

I actually only do hand stitching. I just decided to try it one day and found how wonderfully relaxing it is!!!

May 17, 2010 11:47 AM

Congratulations!

SMS Giveaway Day!

I so enjoy Giveaway Day, don't you!?



I'm giving away 4 fat quarters. They include Amy Butler's Love, Heather Bailey's Fresh Cut, Denyse Schmidt's Hope Valley, and one of my all time favorites Judie Rothermel's Polka Dots from Aunt Grace's scrapbag.

Just leave a comment and I'll use random generator to pick the winner. For fun tell me how you got interested in quilting, sewing, etc. Who taught you or how you learned. Just for my enjoyment, but it's not necessary, any comment will do.

Have fun today with all these fabulous giveaways! Good Luck!

Sunday Stash ( my first)

I've never done a Sunday Stash post before but thought it might be fun. See I've been on a fabric diet, which sometimes I think is harder than a food diet (but that's open for debate). I finally went fabric shopping this week and this weekend! Twice the fun. I was so happy. I bought some things to help finish up WIP's and just some fun stuff too.

I bought some Kona solids because I am totally inspired by this quilt. I also bought some Kona Bleached White and Kona Bone. It's not what I usually use for my background fabric/sashing but I thought I'd give it a try and see if it's really that much better. I'll let you know what I think.

P.S. Come back tomorrow for the Sew Mama Sew giveaway day!

In the Works...

Basted!


Quilted


and ready for binding.

Been A Long Time...Whirlygigs and Whimsy

I took an unexpected quilting and blogging break, but it's been good and much needed. I finished my whirlygig quilt.


I bound it with a solid brown.


I backed it with a "vintage" sheet.(vintage = from Step-Grandma's house).

I really love how it turned out. I gave it to my brother and SIL. Matches their living room perfectly. I had the Arcadia Layer cake forever and my SIL loved it but she wouldn't take it from me when I offered it to her to have, so I made her this so she could enjoy the fabric.

I am also making progress on some more whirlygig's using Hunky Dory by Chez Moi for Moda. I really love this fabric. It's so girly.


I also have my snowball quilt in progress. I'm using Whimsy by Fig Tree for Moda. I love this! It's a slow go though. Everything seems to be lately. But that's okay.


Hope everyone is doing good! Talk to you soon!