A Completed Hand Project Block

The seventh block (of 25) for Applique Affair is done.

Finished!

Pineapple Blossom is finished! Complete with hanging sleeve, label and scrapbook page. I took it to both evening and day guild meetings last week for "show and tell".  Started the quilt in May in a class by Bonnie Hunter through our guild, and finished in August- that is record time for me. It's made all from my scraps, a few scraps from the guild giveaway table, and a couple of strips cut from unused fat quarters that I already had in my stash. I even had the batting and backing fabric. A "free" quilt, except for the one spool of thread that I bought to match the inner border for quilting.

Binding

Sewing the binding on with walking foot. It was probably not the best idea to have points right on the edge, it's hard to hit the point just right (not leave it floating or cut off). But I did o.k., if it wasn't right I ripped out and tried again.

Chrissy's Quilt Gifted

Chrissy with her quilt; she will be taking it with her to Millikin University.  

Still Quilting

This Pineapple Blossom quilt is turning out to be one of my favorites. I've worked faithfully on it, only straying to make a quick tablerunner and a small door banner. Its not on my UFO challenge list, because I started it in May in Bonnie Hunter's class; and the list was made in January. As soon as this is done, I must go back and focus on that list!

I'm marking the light background areas with stencils and the trusty blue washout marker. Earlier while marking the design in the dark areas I ran out of the white iron off pen, and then finished with a white ceramic lead pencil. We'll see how this all comes out- hopefully with cool water.  

I'm meandering in the inner border.

In the outer border, I'm outlining with a quarter inch (more or less!) curve on both sides of the point edges.

I really like sitting at my machine and quilting away, listening to music or podcasts. However, it takes a long time, and it's August already! Looking at my UFO challenge list I see that I have only finished 2 out of 10 projects. If I'm going to finish, it looks like I'll have to let go and send some to a longarmer to be quilted. Something I've not done before; prefering to have my quilts be my creation from start to finish. Although there is some wonderful long arm quilting being done-lots of feathers, which I love.