Seeing stars, stars, stars

I finished binding the Idaho Square quilt. It was a tough one.

I guess I used a little too large of a seam allowance when I

stitched on the binding. That made for a tight binding.

I have the scars on my middle finger to prove it!

But it looks nice. Sometimes I like a tight binding

as opposed to a looser one.

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I saw a photo of a quilt the other day on Facebook that intrigued

me. It was a star made with old shirt fabric. ( which I have a little

bit of! ) Boxes and boxes of it!

Isn't that lovely!

So after I finished the binding tonight, and I was waiting for the

laundry to finish, I pulled out my 2 1/2" strips that I had cut

from the shirts as I de-boned them.

I was only able to get two rows done before I had to quit, 

but I love it! I can see a whole quilt growing. I will have to either 

use different off-whites for every block or I need to get 3-4 yards of 

a new off-white.

 I thought I would have a hard time matching the points but

so far, no problem. 

I just need to add some more yellows or golds to my mix.

So excited to get this one going! 

:)

Binding done!

I came home from work today and needed to calm down from the

stress so I finished the binding on the quilt. Sewing really helps

me relax and enjoy my free time.

I really love the look of a great binding. 

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Daniel sent me some flowers for Mother's Day.

They are really pretty and in a great vase.

Aren't they pretty?

Happy Mother's Day to all!

Binding, learning to love it!

Today I applied the binding to Daniel's queen size 

Christmas quit. After making twin or lap size quilts for

years, making a quilt this size has been an eye-opener.

It is huge!

I'll be glad to get this done so I can get Anthony's quilt

started. I'm going to have to buy more fabric,especially the black

and white Kona fabric.  Queen size takes a lot of material!

I pulled out this quilt top this morning to check and 

see if I had enough fabric for the backing that I had 

packed with it a few years ago.

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I had bought a 108" wide backing for it.

But when I opened it up I found that it had not been

cut properly. It was at least 6" off on either edge, cut very unevenly.

Needless to say I was pretty upset. I don't remember

where I purchased it so I can't go back and complain,

but I will make sure in the future that when I order

quilt backings I will get what I ordered!!!!!

So now I will have to either design a pieced backing for this one 

or buy more fabric for it.

Robin Egg Blue and Purple

Lovely May has blossomed in our area.

I love early spring, where the trees are just turning green

and the spring flowers are blooming.

Cool, sunshiny days.

Fresh air in the house after being closed all winter.

(Even though all the dust bunnies from the winter 

start chasing each other with the breeze!)
This morning it wasn't so sunshiny but
by afternoon the sun came out!

The robins on the back porch have 2 eggs now.
I am loving the color robin egg blue!

Joe says he sees Mama sitting on the nest once in 

awhile. She lets him go back there to tend to 

his seedlings. 

He says he worked out an agreement with her to let her stay

as long as she doesn't dive bomb him when he is back there!

:)

Neither Mama or Papa were around when I took this photo this morning.

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I've been doing a little spring cleaning myself. I went through a pile

of finished or almost finished quilt tops and pulled out at least 5 or 6 to 

get ready to go to the quilters.

I don't want to overwhelm them so I'll only take 2 or 3 to them at a time.

LOL!

I swear that I am paying her rent for her shop with just my having her

quilt my tops! That's not even counting the fabric I buy from her!

Some of these quilt tops have been patiently waiting for quite awhile

to be made into quilts.

This one in particular,

This was started in 2003 or so.

I think I got really tired of purple. 

I made it a little larger so I could use it on my twin size bed.

I had a backing for it but not enough.

I pieced a backing using the same size squares. 

Not sure what quilting pattern I will use for this quilt. I 

will just have to peruse her quilting sampler book.

It may start to grow on me.

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I found the Waterfall Quilt design on the Missouri Star Quilt Co.

website. It intrigued me so I started it with leftover purples I had

from the postage stamp quilt. Then I ran out, so I had to go buy more purples!

LOL!!  It is a revolving circle! :)

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Next I have finally finished up this baby quilt.

I really love pastel baby quilts! And not just for girls!

So I plan on taking these in on Friday. Then I will have time to get 

a few more ready!