Postcard From Sweden

"Well .... I ended up with another April binding challenge finish after all!  My LAer got my latest three quilts done and they were picked up on Tuesday last week.  There was a hurry to get this quilt finished because a young person is going to be receiving it as a 10th birthday gift.  I just know there will be lots of squealing going on when she opens her gift bag.

On Saturday night, there was a zoom meeting with Chookyblue (http://chookyblue.blogspot.com/) and this was my project to try and finish before midnight ..... and I did it!  I pushed, cajoled, hinted and Chooky took up the challenge and .....got quite a few quilts done. 

A close-up photo of some of my fabrics used.  Different sizes of polka dots along with solids.  This quilt is nice and bright and cheery for the young at heart.

Opening the gift.  She knew it was a quilt as soon as she saw the backing fabric.

Then she said "there is a square .... there is a square" (a label) and proceeded to read out loud what was written on the label.  We laughed when she said it even came with instructions.  All my quilts have washing and drying instructions written on the labels, so that all who has one of my quilts will know how to care for them.  She asked if her quilt would be appearing on my blog.  Oh yes, it will and she will be able to see herself in a blog book at some point.

This is the first time we have had family in our home for supper in 2-1/2 yrs.  It was a good time and a great get-together.  We have had family gatherings but outside during covid.  We would only attend those gatherings.  We decided to have the supper in our home since everyone (except my BIL) has had covid recently and all have recovered.

Quilt details:

Pattern:                 Postcard From Sweden by Kelly Liddell    

                             Hosted QAL by:  https://www.mmmquilts.com/2022/01/

Started:                 February 16, 2022

Top Finished:       March 13, 2022

Quilt Finished:      April 30, 2022

Block size:           5" HST finished

Size:                     56-3/4" x 77-1/4" (top size before quilting, washing and drying:  60-1/2" x 80-1/4")

Batting:                 Hobbs poly on a roll

Machine quilted:   Kathy Wareham using "The Milky Way" design by Christy Dillon of My Creative                                  Stitches.

My count of quilts to bind is at 12 now.

So, is there anyone else who needs to be pushed, cajoled, hinted at to take up the challenge too?  So far, I've got no-blog Mary and Chooky getting their quilts finished.  Join in the fun and get those quilts finished.    A friend told me that to put binding on a quilt is like getting a hug from your quilt as a thank-you for being finished.  Smart words, don't you think?  Oh, and don't forget labels.  They are important too! 

Now ..... well, I'm good at getting others to finish quilts ..... I need to push, cajole and hint to .... ME .... to get a few more UFO's done.  That person (me) can be so swayed to doing other things instead.   You know, squirrels come to play and they sure provide a good distraction!

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Postcard from Sweden

Well, I'm tickled pink that my top is a top.  That is an odd expression .... but nonetheless, I'm very pleased.  I wonder if anyone else participating in the quilt-along that was hosted by https://www.mmmquilts.com/ will add borders to their tops?  Go here (https://www.mmmquilts.com/2022/03/postcard-from-sweden-quilt-along-final.html) to see other quilts/tops and the link to Instagram.

Backing fabric has been pulled and that will be next to get made.  Batting will be frankenpieced.  Have you heard about the cost of batting these days?  Every little piece counts and will get pieced together.  I still have batting on rolls, but I really need to shrink my stash of smaller odds and ends.

Next up will be getting borders on a few more tops and get them ready to bring them to my lovely LAer.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Postcard from Sweden

Have you seen all the progress on the newest sew-along called "Postcard from Sweden" at https://www.mmmquilts.com/ ?   Some time ago, she offered the pattern and since there was a bin of solids and polka dot fabrics in my stash .... well, I couldn't resist, now could I?  LOL

I received my pattern and then started cutting out as close as possible to the colours in the pattern.   My goal was to use up what was in my bins.  In a lot of cases, my colours were way off and that was expected to happen.

Once my triangles were put up on the wall to take a good look at the colour layout, I didn't like them at all.  So ..... out went the colour placement as per the pattern and enter my own version.  Oops .... I did it again by going my own way.  This is what I'm going with.   There will be borders on my quilt to make it bigger.

There are oodles of triangles leftover but they will be used perhaps on the backing or in another scrappy quilt.  

Has the bin been reduced .... no ..... still lots left.  There will be another squirrel happening with those fabrics!  Yeeha!

The world is in such a tilt these days.  Aggressors (at home and elsewhere) need to take a chill out pill and rethink what they are doing.  Violence is not the answer.  It never is.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!