Friday

I'm happy to have a finish today!

A quilt is QUILTED...and BOUND!

That's always a GOOD thing.

;)

I'm sending this off to my older daughter.

She works at a small school and they're having a BIG fundraiser next week.

It'll get there just in the NICK of time!!!

This quilt began with that big middle block...

given to me by a fellow quilter.

I added a few borders and called it DONE.

This lovely vintage cotton sheet makes the perfect backing.

This quilt contains

NEW, 

OLD, 

and....

some HAND me DOWNS. 

Isn't THAT the perfect kind of quilt???

Thoughts on Labels

Another quilt is quilted.

WHEW!!!!

This one was a biggy!!!

Please remind me to say "NO" when asked to make

a queen sized monster....o.k.???

I wanted to get this labeled and OFF quickly...

but found out this past week

that my handy dandy label pens are not holding up!!!

When I spied this quilt last week I noticed

the print on the label I had written had all WASHED away!!

EEeeeK!!!

I did a little research thinking maybe I'd buy some

pre-printed labels for future quilts.

They are almost $1 a piece.

(maybe YOU know a good source???)

I began to brainstorm!

I have a quilting/darning foot....

and I have DARK thread!!!

I made one myself.

It's my first try...so don't be too hard on me.....;)

I figure my stitching will probably last longer than

the pens I had been using!!!!

And my Dad who's getting this one...

won't care that my penmanship is not

TOP notch! ;)

I used freezer paper on the back and peeled it off.

DON'T do that.

In the future I will use an interfacing.

;)

After attaching this label...

We're going to eat!!!

One of my favorite simple recipes....

Cheeseburger pie!!!

I split the meat in half ....

Double the recipe....

and sneak in some zucchini!!!

I'm always trying to find places to put THAT!!!

The quilt is quilted and bound.

The label is DONE.

And dinner AWAITS!

;)