Voile and Satin

You might laugh when I say my granddaughter NEEDED another quilt but she really did. 

I fell in love with these two voile prints from cloud9 Palos Verde when I saw them at Intrepid Thread and knew they would make the perfect project to try out my first satin binding. 

A simple zig zag did the trick. Catching both sides without any pins was just fine for the non-perfectionist in me.

The 40wt aurifil #5014 from my stash was meant to be. I call it scribble fmq and although I wasn't feeling in the zone, I'm pleased with the result. The bamboo batting gives a wonderful drape fresh from the dryer.  Yeah a new finish. Linking to Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday 

 Saturday Sew Day 

Circular Selfie

Last weekend our MQG had a sew day and I borrowed templates from Anne@ PlayCrafts.  She's been creating the most inspiring designs.  The QDAD  (Quilt Design A Day) group on FB is open to all and she's been doing a Friday post on her blog which is becoming a favorite read for me.

I've got a bit of a ruler/template obsession   My order is on the way from etsy shop bettycrockerass. 

 Sunday Sew Date

Double whammy - the very next day I went to my friends house for a Sewing Play Date with her and her sister.  I spent most -all- of my time taking inventory and prepping the missing parts for Chain+Link. Not glamorous yet necessary and surprisingly rewarding.   

Wedding Quilt and a FALQ2 Goal project

iPhone Posting

In the spirit of learning, trying new things and week 2 of the 2014 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop at Plum and Junes, this post was generated from my iPhone.  After a bit of formatting clean up like and adding of links, it's definitely something I'll do again.

Another change I made was to make a tab for About Me.  While hopping around and visiting so many new ones, it's a feature that I appreciated seeing so it made sense to have it on my own.