Fun with 4 Patches

I was having fun with the split 4 patch and can finally show the completed top. I love how it turned out bright and cheery.

This weekend I finished the binding on my Swoon quilt. I like doing binding but not when it's 380" to hand sew on a hot day. I'm so glad to have this quilt finished.

Here it is on my queen size bed. This quilt has a good amount of overhang on the bed. I haven't washed this quilt yet so I'm expecting a little bit of shrinkage still.

Most of the weekend was looking at this beautiful view. I love walking on the beach.

Happy Quilting!

Summer Sewing

When I saw this organizer on Susan's blog here and here, I knew I had to make one for my sewing room. Now I'm thinking, I need a few more of these "Pocket to Go" organizers....I love it!. The pattern is by Atkinson Designs.

The weekend was very relaxing with a few walks on the beach and a little hand applique. I've had this top prepped for a long time, I made good progress this weekend.

Happy Quilting.

Little Quilts

It's been very warm here, sometimes too hot for me. We now have an air conditioner in our bedroom. It's makes a big difference to get a good nights sleep. I feel so lazy in the heat and it's too hot in my sewing room. I spent a little time in the basement sewing these little quilts. They are easy and I can get away from the heat for a while.

Keep cool.

Couple of Finishes

Sorry no Swoon quilt to show today but I did finish quilting this little Lori Smith quilt. Feels good to have something checked off the list.

And there's more, another small quilt finished. A Jo Morton pattern quilted and binding completed.

I think cats enjoy boxes almost as much as a new quilt.

Have a good weekend, we'll be celebrating Canada Day on Monday.

Little Basket Finish

A little quilt is finished, this free pattern is from Temecula Quilt Co, you'll need to look in the archive. Each basket is different and I think 4" finished size, I'm very happy with the outcome. I've also machine quilted my Swoon quilt and it's ready for binding. I'll take a picture when is completed. The Ruby's Garden stitcheries are almost done as well. I haven't decided on the fabric for this quilt yet, hopefully it will mostly come from my stash.

Have a good weekend!

Stitching

I'm back working on my stitchery blocks for Ruby's Garden, I started these a while ago. And now want to get it finished into a quilt. There are 12 stitched blocks that alternate with something like a Irish Chain block.

I'm almost finished block eleven and then I have one more to go and I'm finished all the stitching. I'm thinking the Irish Chain block would be a green instead of the dark blue in the picture below but I'm still undecided so anything could happen.

Happy Quilting!

Swoon Quilt

TA DA.....finally sewed on the borders....whew. I wanted this quilt to fit my bed, so that's why I added a border. It's a big quilt and it took me a while to get in the mood to sew on the border. The Swoon quilt is a fun block to make and with the size of the blocks, it goes fast.

I'll take a better picture when I machine quilt this one. It will be a few weeks because I have some customer quilt to do first. My quilts always go to the bottom of the list....oh well I'll work it in between somewhere.

Happy Quilting.