A Finished Quilt

Here is my finished Whirly Gigs quilt. I finished quilting it awhile ago, but just finished the binding last night. I am really happy with how it turned out, the colors are great. I did the back with simple wonky squares. Now I have to decide what to do with this one.

Finished Quilting

I actually finished quilting this quilt last Tuesday. I sewed the binding to the edge and am now working on hand sewing the binding. I also worked on a secret Easter project over the weekend. I'll have to show that after Easter. I started a new quilt last night too, maybe I'll have some pictures tomorrow of that one. These are some of the quilting/binding pictures, and one showing all the fuzz that gets into my machine from quilting (this was the second time I cleaned it out during this quilt).

Quilt Layout

Here's my layout. I was originally going to do 5 x 7 squares, but I thought the 5 across looked too small. So now it's 6 x 7. I've managed to get the top 4 rows together. Only 3 more to go, then the sashing and border.

View from the Rose Room

More snow today, another 5"-8" on top of the 20" we got over the weekend. I'm really ready for Spring.

I've been making progress on this quilt though, I'm up to 28 blocks completed. I think I have 8 more to go.

Weekend Progress

With 20" inches of snow on Friday and Saturday I've had plenty of time to sew. I have 9 blocks done, with another one almost finished. I also worked on the binding on Troy's quilt some. I hope to finish that quilt later in the week.

Bibs & Miscellaneous Block

Instead of working on a quilt this afternoon, I made a few bibs. I volunteer with Newborns In Need (www.newbornsinneed.org/swpa) once a month and we ran out of bibs. I wanted to try to make as many as I can to help out. I found this simple pattern at http://chickpeastudio.typepad.com/chickpea_sewing_studio/2008/01/chickpea-infant.html

Then I started working on ideas for my next quilt. I'm thinking about doing this whirly gig one, I tried it out at the 4 1/2" size, but I'm not sure if I should make each one a little bigger. I guess I'll think about it. I'm planning on using Denyse Schmidt Hope Valley for this one. I got some for Christmas and am ready to use it.