I spent the last week finishing several projects.
First on the list were the Twinkle blocks I pieced at retreat. They've been sewn together with sashing then finished with a red floral fabric from the My Summer House fabric line. Of course I changed the pattern, my twinkle quilt has 16 blocks and the sashing finishes at 4". The finished flimsy measures 94" square.
This flimsy will have to wait until the new year to be quilted. There are two flimsies at Calico Point waiting in the quilting queue while a 3rd quilt is at Lori's. Lori is still doing physical therapy, recovering from the broken bones in her right arm. It takes time to regain mobility when we're in our 60's. Lori was in the process of quilting my quilt when she fell last August, that quilt is still in the frame waiting for it's finish.
Back in June I was finishing some quilt tops into the flimsy stage but they still needed borders. Two crib quilts were listed in the post.
While at Caroline's, during my July birthday outing, I purchased fabric for the borders of the crib quilt a granddaughter embroidered the blocks for.
Of course Caroline no longer had the original floral print but I thought this border fabric looked good. I also sewed the binding for this quilt. I like to sew bindings immediately after finishing a quilt top, that way the fabric isn't accidentally used in another project. This flimsy measures 48" by 59", a nice size for a crib quilt.
I pulled this lovely periwinkle floral yardage from my stash to use as the borders on the jewel box crib quilt.
These blocks were leftovers from a big girl quilt I pieced for our oldest granddaughter many many years ago, she's 21 now. And again, the binding is pieced and ready to go. This little quilt measures 43" by 52".
These two little quilts will be quilted during a quilting marathon sometime next summer. I'll save the embroidered one for my granddaughter while the other one will probably be a donation quilt.
Linking to Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts
14 comments:
I love the colors in all three of these! How wonderful your granddaughter embroiders! Have a wonderful day!
Love the twinkle quilt. The embroidery done by your granddaughter is lovely. I really love the periwinkle border on that beautiful jewel box quilt.
What a productive week you had! The fabrics you chose for Twinkle are so soft and pretty. Gorgeous! I finished a flimsy yesterday and today I will cut and piece the binding. It's so much better than having to remember and dig and find that binding fabric months later, heh?! Thanks for all of your inspiration, Gretchen!
Very pretty little quilts! Seems like you had a great week. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Pretty quilts! Congrats on getting these finished - it feels so good to finish projects. ~Jeanne
Three lovely tops, gorgeous colours in the last one and your grandaughters is great fun. xx
feels great to move projects along....lovely all
I love the Twinkle quilt, it's very festive for the season. Made my mouth water for candy canes.
Such a lovely feeling of accomplishment you must feel with getting these quilts to this stage! So satisfying! That's when I turn around and wonder, "What's next up?" Good job!
Three delightful tops! I especially like the 'jewel box' one, it's very sweet and reminds me of a quilt I gifted some time ago.
Beautiful quilts, all of them have sweet colors and pretty blocks. You found the perfect fabric border for each one! I love how organised you are, this is such a great idea to prepare the binding at this early stage.
Thank you for sharing these three lovely flimsies.
So, so cute, Gretchen!!! I love the Twinkle pattern and yours is adorable in those fabrics! The embroidery by your GD is offset so nicely with those cornerstones! And Jewel Box is a fav quilt pattern of mine, too! Must make another!
Wow. . .you made great progress this week. I love the borders you chose for the embroidered blocks quilt. I too cut the binding when I finish the top and for the same reason you do!
Super great tops!!! I like that twinkle!! so cute - and I like it with 16 blocks
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