Final Finish: One Fish Patchwork

When my friend's little niece was in the hospital for a week over christmas, a comforting quilt was in order. I had some fabric leftover from this Dr. Seuss quilt I sewed for another baby earlier in the spring, and it took just a few hours to cut it into squares and sew up a quick patchwork quilt. I ran a little short on fabric, and just pieced a few bits together to make up enough blocks - Double Patchwork!

A nice thick border, and a cute green and white polka dot for the backing and border added the finishing touches. I quilted this in a diagonal grid with my walking foot, and within 4 hours, the quilt was finished!

I know this isn't a Friday, but I thought I'd share anyway and end the year right!

Friday Finish: Inside Out

I was all set to baste a quilt together and start finishing it last week, and then I discovered I'd run out of battings! I tend to stock up on these about once a year when they go on sale, and just didn't realize my supply had run out I guess. I DID happen to have scraps left over from other finishes, so I pieced them all together into a frankenstein batting. This "Inside Out" quilt from 2017 matched the size of it perfectly, so here it is! 

I quilted this in a diagonal grid with my trusty walking foot, and I like how the bright melon colored thread shows up on the fabrics. I wasn't sure how this would work, but I think it's good. The backing is a crazy butterfly print that I had just enough of, and the binding is a random bit of batik I had left from something WAY long ago.

I'm going to try and squeeze in one more Friday Finish before the new year, since I've been on a pretty good roll with this. Not quite one finish per week, I think it's ended up being more like one every other week - but still! Not a bad way to end 2019!

Friday Finish: Merry Grinchmas

It seemed appropriate that I finish a christmas quilt, and one FOR MYSELF for a change!

This was a quick project to sew together back in 2015, and it was a quick one to quilt too, since I just did a wavy grid with my walking foot in the time it took to listen to three "This American Life" episodes.

I'm really liking walking foot quilting these days - if the quilt isn't too big, it's really easy and fast, and doesn't require much skill in terms of keeping stitches even, and trying to make your designs flow nicely and all the other crap you have to think of with free-motion quilting.

The backing and binding are a green print I've had in my stash for awhile, and this is now our sole christmas decoration in the living room. Hopefully it'll be joined by a tree or something else soon, otherwise it'll look like the pre-heart growing three sizes Grinch has taken up residence here!