What to work on next

 I finished the two gift quilts - and both have been delivered to a parent of the little girl recipient. I have the requested photo from one but not from the other. Oops! It looks like the photo didn't get transferred from my phone to my tablet - I'll have to go look for it. Found it but it won't show here for some reason. ..and neither will the photo of the placemats and bowl cozies.

It's done!

I finished the quilt that I plan on delivering on Friday night.

 Every fabric is pink - even the background that looks white and every fabric was from my stash. 

The backing is something I've never tried but I wanted to do something simple that would use up more of the pink and it worked - I used up several pieces. 

I also attached the label before quilting by stitching it down on one of the middle blocks. My thinking was that I wanted to break up the two identical blocks that ended up one over the other. If you zoom in on the second photo you should be able to see it.

  It's a little more wrinkled than I like but I didn't want to over-quilt it and it needed to be washed and dried before I presented it. If it bothers me too much on Friday, I'll give it a quick press before I package it up.

That's it for right now...Two quilts finished in the last week...something I haven't been able to say in awhile.

Next up is making four placemats and possibly mug rugs to match for a wedding at the end of the month.

Update coming

 I'll  leave you with this little teaser

Hip hip hooray

The ballerina quilt top is done along with the label and the binding..all I have left to do on the backing is stich 90 some 5 1 /2" blocks into rows, load it all onto Moe and quilt it...I have until the 14 th to finish it do that I can present it to the little girl's dad.

This block was my 'test' block to see how it would look if I added chenille. On my first attempt, I only used one layer of the bias tape - nope, needed another layer. The tape has been sewn to the other 11 blocks but I wont brush them until after I'm done with the quilting.

 Here's the completed top. 

I'm using any pink fabric I can get 5 1/2" squares out of. I had to be a little careful because I'm pretty sure there are a couple of pieces that aren't 100% cotton and some are all cotton but thin enough to make it scarey to try especially on a quilt for a three year old little girl. As per usual, as much fabric as I used, you can't tell it by the bin -it still looks extremely full.

And....before I can quilt this one, I still need to finish the baby quilt with the ducks along the bottom....almost done but I've been putting it off because of a stiff neck and lower back pain. I just have to bite the bullet and get it done.

 I'm going to do something much simpler when I get the ballerina quilt on the frame.

That's all my news for now...I'll have to come back later and tell you about the bags I made ...and a third one that I have the fabrics for but haven't started yet. I have placemats to make before bag #3. I was hoping to make a quilt for a charity auction but I'll have to see how I feel after I make the placemats (wedding gift for a cousin).

OK, bedtime for the B's.

TTFN