Tuesday

You know me.

My favorite fabric is called "SCRAP"

and

my favorite word is "DONE".

 

This quilt has them BOTH!

;)

Thanks go to Selina

for sending me this UFO.

As I sat there wrestling quilting this one yesterday

Sophie sent me a comment.

A word that came at JUST the RIGHT MOMENT!

I love when blogland does that!

 

She sent me the word...

BREATHE!

A gentle reminder.

I needed it!

I used some soft white and black prints for the back of this.

They're the last ones in my STASH!

I'm doing a pretty good job

USING what I already HAVE.

There was just a little bit more of that IKEA bird fabric too.

 

I almost DIDn't think to use it!

So GLAD I did!

 

Did some loopy quilting.

Found some GREENS for the binding.

 

It's the perfect cuddle size quilt!

A generous 65"x65"

 

Going to cuddle admire this one a BIT longer

before it finds a NEW home.

 

 

 

 

birds and spiders

I'm a finisher.

(Don't misunderstand...

I DO have UFO's at my house....It's just that...

they PREY on my mind...

and I TRY hard to get them done!)

 

Sometimes....

 I finish quilts that I didn't even BEGIN!

;)

This is a scrappy quilt that I've been working on

bit by bit when camping in my trailer.

 

I FINISHED getting the blocks together last week!

All it needed was a border...

and I DIDN'T have border fabric WITH me!

This is how it all began.

With this BOX sent to me early in the year.

The box was EASY to pack and carry when camping.

;)

 

I'd love to give credit to the quilter who STARTED this quilt.

I'm pretty SURE who sent it...

but don't want to be WRONG!

Are you like that too??

My brain does NOT cooperate sometimes.

My poor memory is faulty.

:/

She sent scraps and papers.

Half finished blocks....

Lots of PURPLE.

I'm not a purple fan...

but I used the purple.

;)

And...

HAPPY that I did!

I've always wanted to make a spiderweb quilt

and THIS was my CHANCE!

 

I'm SOooo happy with the border fabric I had!

I LOVE it!

In my humble opinion...

It ties the WHOLE quilt together!

You can see I didn't have quite enough....

so I added some polka dots.

Polka dots make EVERYTHING better!

 

Does it matter that ALL the spider web edges don't match?

NO.

I figure that's just part of the process

when you're finishing someone else's quilt!

 

This is a finish.

It won't get to go on ANY more trips with me.

 

Technically it's NOT a finish...

because it's not quilted.

BUT....

I always call a quilt top a finish!

The quilt top can be folded up

and saved for a rainy day!

It'll be almost READY to GIVE away!

and...

SO much easier to STORE!

Sunny Sewing

 Have sewing machine...

Will TRAVEL!

I'm camping this month

and hope to get LOTS of these blocks completed.

I THINK I have enough scraps!!!

LOL!

But....

I totally FORGOT my cutting mat and ruler.

UGH!!!!

Guess I'll have to trim later.

:/

I'm doing some OLD SCHOOL cutting

with template, pencil and scissors.

The kids are keeping me on the edge of my seat....

Wondering WHO's going to win

these RIVETING games of UNO!!!

;)