Finished!

It took me just a little longer than I had hoped, but who cares! I finished my quilt, and am very happy with it.

It is far from perfect but I love it regardless. Making this quilt taught me so much and definitely makes me excited to tackle another project like this one.The basting was where things went a little funny. I basted, but didn't do a good enough job. I ended up having to take a whole bunch of quilted lines out. Then I took apart the layers, and decided to spray baste it instead. It worked like a charm (with my husbands help:).

I did make the mistake after my first basting attempt of trimming the edges before the quilting. When I spray basted, it was hard, and almost impossible to line up the front and back properly. So the back is a little crooked. Also, the quilt turned out just a tiny bit smaller because I had to 're-trim' the whole thing.

My binding is very skinny, because my seam allowance was way off. I wasn't paying attention. I guess things like that shouldn't be done after midnight...

This made for not very nice looking corners, but I don't care. It is finished, and I am happy with it.

Maybe sometime down the road if the binding really bugs me, I'll take it off and replace it. We'll see!

I am going on holidays next week, and I am sorely tempted to start this.

It looks like something horribly addicting. But it is a project with small pieces, which would be nice for using scraps, and for taking along.

I might be doing some cutting tonight!

Getting There!

So my quilt top is almost finished. I enjoyed doing all of the piecing, and cutting, and even the seam ripping...but I did not like sewing on the sashing! It was very precise work, and I think I might have cut some of the strips a little crooked.

It turned out ok. Most of the blocks line up nicely, some are a little off, though you might not notice if you don't look for it.

I still have to put the borders on. But it is so cool to see what it looks like all pieced together!

Don't mind my big toe...

I think I like it!

Double the excitement!

I LOVE buying fabric online. I find that I get the excitement of buying something new not once, but twice!

Initially I am so excited that I bought fabric, and the anticipation of receiving it is so fun!

Then when it finally comes in the mail (LIKE TODAY!!) I get excited all over again.

This is what I received in the mail today:

6 Fat Quarters by Patty Young. The hummingbird one is definitely my favourite and I think I am not so excited about the auqa and red stripe.

In the same pack I also got this:

7 Make Life Fat Quarters by Sweetwater for Moda. I thought when I bought it that the little star fabric was actually a polkadot fabric, but I really do like the stars!

Another thing that is nice about receiving fabric in the mail, is that all of a sudden very unexpectedly it becomes laundry day! I am getting a TON of laundry done today, thanks to this, and my impatience to get my fabric washed.

I am off to put another load in!