I had 4 wonderful squishy envelopes filled with Pineapple Blossoms today. Everyone is prettier than the last. Then I start over and think the first ones are prettiest. I can't wait until they are all here to play with. It will be such fun.
For now a big "Thank You" goes out to Kathy in OH (love your address label - so cute), Jenn in OR (I like yours with the quilts too) Wendy in CT, and Cathy also in OR. These make 23 of mine. I will be out of town next week, so I won't be able to let anyone know what has arrived until I am back & pick up my mail on the 2oth or so. Don't get worried until after that.
Here is a photo of 8 blocks I made for the June lotto drawing. I made a 9th one, but noticed that I'd accidentally made an identical one so I didn't include it. But I want to donate my chances anyway, so I'll end up sending it to someone.
I quilted last night and bound this this morning. I definitely could get one of these made from 4 or 6 fabrics done in less than a day. Total time spent on this was less than 8 hours, and i even tried a faux piped binding technique which I had never done before. I found the tutorial here .
The white "piping" added a great touch to the quilt and it really was as simple as the tutorial makes it sound. I'll be doing more piped bindings in the future!
The freehand Baptist fans quilting shows up much better on the back of the quilt than the front.
