Sewing Circle

Okay.... I took my sweet a$$ time staring at my quilt pondering my quilting options...

And one day it struck me! I knew what I wanted to do! Out came the Viking and I sewed away and came out with this....

And a close up of my favorite square :)

So, the binding is on, just need to hand sew it down and she will be finito! I chose a poly satin binding, since I remember loving the silky edges of my baby blanket... turned toddler blanket... turned little kid blanket... I really hung on that blanket longer than I probably should have. :)

I'll post once she's all done! Yay!

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So I decided I would see how long it actually takes to make a quilt. (A clear sign that I need a life).

Sunday I got up sat on my deck staring at the boats, went to lunch with a friend... and then set to work. Cutting, sewing, cutting, sewing... two size blocks... fairly large blocks to keep it simple: 20(ish)"x3" and 10(ish)"x5.25"...

There was a 4400 marathon on so I spent a lot of time watching that... I really need rear speakers...
Anyway... the point is Sunday I got the entire thing pieced, sandwiched, quilted (stitch in the ditch method), and trimmed by the time I was ready to go to bed. Yesterday I got home from work put binding on it (which is much more of a feat than you may realize...

and now it is complete... I don't know if I will do that again anytime soon but it was nice to see how much actual time it takes.

I think I am going to send this one to my year long swap partner from getCrafty since her birthday was Sunday and she has sent me some stellar things so far…

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I am hosting a sqare swap on getCrafty it is the third or fourth one I have done... the squares are pretty cool and a fun way to make a crazy quilt; to incorporate fabrics you might not have seen; and to see squares up close and personal that you may have been previously afraid to attemp. Here is a picture of some of the squares that I have received so far.

If any of you are interested let me know!

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Ok I couldn't just finish the first and not the second... now it is complete... I used cotton for the back and some flanned I had that matched, but not enough to do the whole back with.
I also practiced my binding on this one... it looks better than the pea quilt and was a little easier; but I still do not love doing it.

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