Thursday, April 14, 2011

I'm done

My last post was about not finishing things, so this post will be about finishing things. Que the epic music.....I FINISHED MY QUILT!!! Question: What is mind-numbingly boring and extremely exciting at the same time? Answer: hand stitching the binding to a quilt. But I did it, and the crazy thing is, I want to make another one:) So, here is the finished product.





It wasn't on my bed in time for winter like I had wanted, but I'm still very happy to have it done. I have a brown bedskirt that will look nice with this and cover up the boxspring. Throw pillows?-I put them on there to take the picture, but.....eh. I'm not a huge fan of the backing I used, but I LOVE the little daisy print I found for the binding.


The only drawback was that I didn't find it sooner - I would have loved to incorporate it into the quilt blocks, and I probably would have used it for the backing as well. But I did make some pillow cases to match.


Another thing I finished today was a couple of Christmas pot holders. Remember when we cut out the pieces with the kids? Cora sewed the top of the left one, and I did the right one and then finished them both.


And finally, a while back I finished and framed our very first hand-stitching project.


It is now hanging in my sewing room:)


Next up - Korean Friendship Quilt?