FInishing...

I've been working hard on finishing quilts and quilt-tops.  I just took 4 quilts to the quilter and picked up two... one of which is now bound, the other has yet to be. 

Buster Cat Does Halloween was a block exchange done by someone else.  I bought the 9 basic blocks at a boutique.  They were unfinished (not sewn, just fused).  I drafted 3 more and added them to make the quilt 'not square'.  Took this one to a local quilter for custom quilting

En Provence is a mystery quilt designed by Bonnie Hunter.  This is my top sans outer border (the outer border that shows at the end of the bed is actually the border of the quilt that is on the bed under the EP top.  You can see lots of other finished tops and quilts from the Mystery here.

 Another view of En Provence:

 En Provence outer borders, which I added to make the quilt not-square. (the top and bottom borders are wider than the side borders.)

Fancy Forest was a Block of the Month from a local shop.  This is a picture of it before it was quilted.  I really like it now that it's done... I'm in the process of putting the last few hand stitches in the binding... Then it's time for a label, and done.

 

 Escher Goes to Bali is a modern house tesselation that I pieced, using my winnings from the 2014 Row by Row Challenge (25 batik fat quarters).  Really had fun with this one:

WIP

Today I worked on two quilts... one is a tablerunner I just started a couple of days ago... quilted it and added binding this morning.  It's ready for hand sewing the binding and label.

It was fast and easy to make and I even enjoyed the straight line quilting with the walking foot, something I rarely do.

I also found some blocks earlier in the week.  The pattern was from an online Block of the Month called 'A Touch of Amish'... there's nothing in my printouts to indicate where the patterns came from - no designer name or website listed, so, much as I'd like to, I cannot credit the designer, but the fabrics are all mine.  I cut some sashing, pieced the blocks together and added a black border today.  Just need to cut some batting and make a back for it.  I think I will send this one to Stovers.  I'd be happy with an overall pattern in the middle, but I'd like something custom in the borders and they can do that for me.  Most of my local longarmers will only do overall patterns including the borders, nothing custom, and the ones who do custom are a bit pricey for a lap quilt (those are only 12" blocks, so the quilt won't cover a bed).

Tomorrow I have another sewing night with friends and I have no idea what I'm going to work on... I'll have to find something other than that little bit of hand sewing on the tablerunner. 

Maybe I'll sort through my orphan blocks and find another old unfinished quilt to assemble?  And I do have some unfinished block of the month projects from last year to finish up... I'm not completely out of options..... and that's not to mention all the unstarted kits I haven't gotten to yet.  Onward!