It's that magical time of year...when professional hockey and baseball overlap! That means a lot of workshop time for me and I was able to wrap up two full projects and some prep this weekend.
The 'planets' circle quilt is now complete with binding, label and freshly washed. The opposite corner radiating lines quilting turned out so nicely after it was laundered and I love the texture. The densely quilted lines are really cool in the corners and then as the space between them widens, the quilt is soft and puffy. This small quilt is quite light with the Batik fabrics and it will be ideal for summer t.v. watching - just enough to keep the chill of the air conditioner at bay, covering bare, warm weather legs and feet. I chose a cute embellishment on my label; I think it looks like planets in the solar system!
The Piece of Cake {2} quilt was also done and dusted this weekend. I love the simple double cross-hatch quilting and even though it is nothing fancy, the 4" spacing resulted in awesome, puffy squares. This is the opposite of the circle quilt: big and snuggly! It was a fun quilt to piece and finish and I love the red print binding. I kept the label simple, adding a pink fancy bracket (similar to the one Camille uses in the pattern name) around the information - yet another Camille Roskelley design to check off the list.
Hand stitching the bindings on both of those quilts seemed to take forever and then I had to still sew on the labels. Those tasks definitely warmed up my hands to the large amount of hand work I'll have to do for my English Paper Piecing project. They are already cramped just from the prep work (especially gluing and folding) but now all my rainbow of hexies are cut and basted onto the paper templates. The plastic tote tower of colour is sooooo satisfying and I can't wait to get to the sewing. I think it will be a gorgeous scrap quilt when I'm all finished...which may just be in about ten years or so!
Time for a breather and some family stuff this week. I do have the improv Down the Fox Hole quilt under the needle of my 1600P as I use the walking foot to quilt the lime green gentle curves. I'm not sure yet if I'm loving it but since I have to add the baselines first and then subdivide, I'm not judging too critically just yet.
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