Friday Finish

I haven't been finishing anything on Friday recently....

Especially not something this big

and this wonderful!!

Today's  a happy day.

;)

I took this old, old hand pieced quilt

and made her useful.

Every quilt wants to be USED!!!

I knew I did not have YEARS to quilt around each hexagon.

I also considered the age of the fabric

and the stains here and there.

I knew a simple quilted pattern was the answer...

but WHAT pattern???

I ended up using the small green diamonds as my guide.

I thought I might detract from the GREEN by using cream thread...

but I think it worked out just fine!!

I am also so happy I did not have to mark any lines.

I do NOT like marking quilts for quilting.

;/

I have attached the binding and will spend some relaxing hours

hand stitching it to the back.

I cut the binding on the BIAS 

since I wanted to CURVE around the side flowers

and not have to cut them off.

Bias binding is the key when you're doing any kind of CURVE!

The quilting lines are not perfect.

The piecing done by a long ago quilter is not perfect.

But...

I now have a PERFECTly WONDERFUL QUILT!

Monday Making

This quilt top was given to me recently.

Isn't it pretty??

Hand pieced

and ready to be quilted!!

That's my GOAL this week.

At least get it sandwiched together with a backing!!

;)

Not sure how to go about quilting this one.....

But I want to start using it!

I love the green diamond outlines this quilter added!!

Such tiny pieces

with such a BIG impact!

Link up and share what YOU'd like to get accomplished this week.

vintage flowers

I was given a treasure today.

An unfinished quilted treasure.

The giver handed it to me with some tears in her eyes.

Her Grandmother hand-stitched these flowers together

and my friend stitched some more.

She said she KNEW she'd never get it done.

I feel like I've been given a VERY important JOB!

Eeek! I don't usually take on IMPORTANT jobs!

I like to leave those kind for others! ;)

As she handed it to me....

she assured me I could do WHATEVER I wanted with it.

She probably knows I L-O-V-E

taking unfinished things

and making them USABLE!

Well.... I said thank you....

and took a deep breath.

Maybe I CAN do something with this......

You can see her Grandma's stitches here....

and maybe you can see her stitching here.

Since the flowers are not all exactly the same size...

I think I'll have to applique them onto something.

(I might even use some fusable web).

Will the "quilt police" mind?

shhhh.....don't tell.