Binding in Progress

this is the binding currently being sewn on to my Going Coastal zigzag quilt.

some people like to roll their freshly made binding up neatly before they sew it to the quilt.




clearly I'm not one of them  :)

linking up to WIP Wednesday!

WIP Wednesday update

what I've been working on lately - a fabric basket made from a pile of scraps that was sitting on my desk and distracting me, and a baby quilt that I am almost done sewing the binding down on.  neither are on my FAL list.  oops :)

linking up to WIP Wednesday

a swearing baby blanket

our town has a Winter Carnival each year with lots of fun things for families to do.  and each year, they hold a silent auction to raise money for the recreation dept. to support events like this.  so, naturally I decided it would be no problem to whip up a baby quilt in all my spare time {hahahahaaaaaaa}




I had half a truck panel and two cuts of coordinating prints in my stash that my my SIL gave me years ago - they were scraps she didn't want to hang on to.



I'm not a big fan of panels, because they rarely seem to be printed on the grain, causing issues when trying to square up the fabric.  This one wasn't too bad, though.  I added the yellow and red borders, and backed it in Minkee {the same as Phil's fur}

you're wondering where the swearing comes in, aren't you? ;)




Oh, that nasty binding!  even though I've never used it before, I decided that it would be easiest to use pre-made satin blanket binding.  the first package I bought had a stain on it that was only visible after the first two feet of binding had been sewn to the blanket.   grrrrrrr.

I had a ridiculously hard time figuring out how to miter the corners.  after a google search, I sorta kinda fudged the miters, but let me tell you there was a lot of swearing going on at that point!




the blankie finished at approx 36" x 38", with all fabrics coming from my stash.

this year I am going to concentrate on finishing WIPs and using up stash, so I decided it would be fun to keep track of how much yardage I use this year.  perhaps I will keep a running tally in my sidebar - still deciding just how to go about it.  so to get started, I am estimating I used a yard of fabric for the top, and I was able to make the backing & Phil out of one yard of Minkee.  That makes 2 yards used from stash :)

{not that I'm promising to abstain from fabric buying or starting new projects - I plan to do plenty of that, too}  :)

I'm linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts, show and tell Tuesday

Salt Air & Waves, an update in pictures

This is where I'm at, handstitching the binding on what will be a table runner.



I made a practice sandwhich before I FMQed the actual project {I usually skip that}



the swirly quilting design comes from Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters {love that book!}



{the backside of the table runner}



I pieced together batting scraps for both the table runner & the practice sandwhich



I do love handstitching the binding! {and Wonder clips truely are wonderful!}

PS - I tried to do a wordless post, but I guess i just talk too much :)  i'll share more about this when it is done.  meanwhile, there will be some linking going on...
Design Wall Monday
Little Quilt Monday
Quilt Story's Fabric Tuesday
Show and Tell Tuesday

In Progress...

{hand stitching} binding :)



Edited to say: I'm linking up to the H2H linky party over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  I'm still stitching the binding, but expect to put this in the mail on Monday.  A broken washing machine, kids' sports, etc all got in the way this week, but that's life, right?  Anyway, I will be posting about the finish Monday or Tuesday, so stop by then to see it :)