Sunday, September 30, 2018

2018 Finish-A-Long: Second 3rd Quarter Finish ~ C'est La Vie, Olive!


I can't believe I've actually finished two quilts on my list this quarter ~ totally shocked, I tell you!! 



I love this pattern by Lella Boutique (from Fat Quarter Shop's November Sew Sampler Box) and I actually used 4 charm packs of Olive's Flower Market by Lella Boutique (LOVE the colors in this collection) along with some Kona White for the background.


I changed up the pattern a bit by using the full-size 5" charms for the HSTs instead of cutting them into 2-1/2" squares, so each block turned out to be almost 10-1/2" finished.  5 blocks across and 6 blocks down makes this a good size lap quilt.  The quilt finished at about 52" by 63".



First 4 blocks

I kept the quilting simple, with some straight line quilting through the centers of the blocks and some Dot-to-Dot (ala Angela Walters) in the square block formed by the HSTs. All of the quilting was done with my walking foot.



For the binding, I used a black and white Beaded Curtain fabric by Loralie Designs, and I found some fun green and white dots by Benartex for the backing.  



I also threw in some of the striped and dot fabrics for a different block on the back.  I love the way I can see the quilting on the back!






So one more finish for the 3rd quarter.  Pretty happy about that!

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

2018 Online Meet & Greet is Live!



I'm happy to say that I'm joining up with Benita Skinner's 2018 Online Quilters Meet & Greet!   She's put together a great group of quilt bloggers for us all to meet ~ and everyone is invited!  

I've been quilting for almost 6 years now (pretty much a newbie compared to most of the quilters I know) ~ and I can't tell you what a wonderfully addicting adventure it has been!  I decided to create this blog to keep track of the quilts (and other things) I've made ~ and I'm so glad I did!  If you go to "My Quilting Projects" tab, there are links to the finished project posts.

But enough about me ~ take a moment to visit as many blogs as you can in the next month.  Every blog you go to gives you a chance to enter to win the unbelievable Great Grand Prize!



This is a first for me and I'm really looking forward to meeting some new bloggers.  Hope you do the same!  Good luck everyone!