Hi Friends! How is your Friday treating you? This week, I finished sewing up my Quilts Beyond Borders quilt, and I'm hoping to drop it in the mail later today! (They're still looking for another 100-150 by June, so if you can help, contact them. I'm going to try try try to fit another into my schedule.)
Backing is this turquoise and brown print with a smidge of the brown and white polka dot as I didn't have enough. I'm almost out of that polka dot print, and it will be a sad day when it's gone.
Quilting was straight lines through both sets of corners. I finally convinced myself to quilt both diagonals, and I love it. (Of course.) This quilt is so simple, but it's so happy and cheerful that I love it for its simplicity.
One of the requirements of QBB quilts is that they have to have machine-sewn binding. Since I typically handsew one side, I practiced on two other quilts before giving this one a shot. Of course, I practiced a zigzag stitch binding on those two, and I only had Agatha and her straight-stitchin' ways, so I gave another method a shot. It wasn't bad, but as you can see in the pic above, there were a few spots where I sewed over the binding by accident. (Oops.) I keep telling myself that one day I will rock at this. That day is not today, but I am getting better!
I was so close to having a second finish this week (the owls quilt!) but I wasn't able to get the binding done. Next week, Friends...
Love the fabrics in this!
ReplyDeleteOh Audrey, you will make someone very, very happy with that quilt. I love the colour combo. Beautiful job! Thanks for linking up with TGIFF!
ReplyDeleteDropped by from TGIFF - what a stunning quilt, I love your colour choices and then the backing just makes it sing :)
ReplyDeleteSadly, no, I will not be linking up! I totally forgot I committed to bring in some baked goods for a bake sale today so I did that last night instead of working on my shirt... And tonight is all booked :/ oh well. I like baking :)
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt! Machine binding can be tough- I'm working on those skills too!
Wonderful quilt. Congratulations on this finish!
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Thanks, Esther! I'm so excited this one is done, and I can ship it off! :)
DeleteStopping on via TGIFF. Lovely! Thanks for sharing and yes, sometimes the simplest quilting is just the right quilting for a project!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jennifer! When I first started quilting, I wanted to make a complicated quilt, and now that I've been doing it for a bit, I really do love the simple one! :)
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