Middle of November already

 A simple post.  I'm well and happy. 

I'm catching up again since getting away for a 10 day respite with friends, One friend, Maureen, who is tried and true and I've been blessed with for 50+ years,  the other one Ernie, a new and so very nice and a very very handsome man.    Lucky ME!!!

As for the sewing - here's a pic of my current WIP: Mom's spiral quilt that I'm finishing.  

After getting home from the Outer Banks, NC I just finished sewing the binding on.  And yes, you're not seeing things.  Those pipings contained within the grey binding are 4 different colors - one of my  episodes of thinking "WHAT IF" has been created into a reality. LOL   Umph... Not bad!

Planning on doing a more thorough post at a later date but I noticed my last post was months ago in June.  Jeesh! Where does the time go?  Sorry about that.

TTFN

BQ will be my focus this weekend at quilt stay-cation

My BQ quilt is now officially a quilt top as I was able to finish sewing it up with those borders around the 1st of May.   Love that those borders are on and look so sweet.  while constructing the borders I asked PGD#1 what her favorite color is and she responded "blue", thus the blue cornerstones on the perimeter.  Since a friend and I are attending a Quilt retreat this weekend in Alexandria Bay, I hope to create the backing for it using up all those leftover bits.

The plan is to also make a pillow case or two, the binding and then sew up all those extra scrap parts for a backing this month.   I won a gift certificate at our quilt show in 2015 so my plan is to use that for quilting this twin size quilt. 

Wish me luck!

Slow Stitching Sunday

Linking up with Kathy for my stitching that's happening today.

Working on the binding......

one side a day is the plan.

It's still snowing, or should I say think it's snowing.  

Not a lot of accumulation thank goodness.  

Just enough to have perpetual grey skies with a little fluff floating down. 

Auditioning the Big EZ

 

I was able to finish the August block of Lil'  Miss Shabby Chic and now I'm starting the November block Stitchery of the same LMS.

As you see it's not yet pressed but will be when I start assembling these stitchings into quilt blocks. 

Maybe I'll start that when I start stitching onmy last block,  the 12th one.

 

 

I was able to finish quilting the Big EZ two days before I thought I could get it done! 

Can I get a Hoot Whoot!!!

 

 

This is what I used for the backing and it shows the quilt design nicely.

The quilt feels wonderful so far with the quilting done.

Weighty,

but not that heavy, just right!

                                 

I wish I had just a bit more of this fabric because then a biased binding of this would work beautifully,

but I don't.

So I'm audtioning which combination of fabrics to use for  the piping/binding.

 

I found this stripe fabric in my stash and the colors work nicely with that large floral focal fabric. So an option is Striped piping with a white Binding? I really like the look of this so far, but white on the edge???!!!?


Stripe Piping w/ White binding, Option 1

Aqua pipng w/ white binding, Option 2-


















Striped piping with Aqua Binding, Option 3?











Perhaps the stripe piping with the aqua binding which would be much easier for housekeeping purposes since this is for PGD#1's bed, and I've never used a white binding before or have seen too many others that have either.  The down side to this is that her bedroom is a softer pink and that aqua may not look the best.   Also since orange is her favorite color and the orange in this quilt comes out more of a dirty yellow in the pics it's a nice blend to introduce it in her bedroom. 



From a distance this is how the quilt top looks with the auditioning white binding showing how both the aqua and the striped fabbies look as the piping.   It's a nice clean look and the one I am perferring just now.  In my eyes, the quilt seems to be asking for white edging. 

 Please help me out, which one?
Any ideas to help me out of my dilema? 
Have you ever seen or used a quilt bound with white? 

I'll be ruminating over this, so any wisdom or ideas you 'd be willing to share, I'd appreciate.

I have 'til Sunday before I'll be cutting and starting to sew the pieces together. 

All of my pictures can be enlarged for a better view if you wish,  just click the pic to see more of the details.




Ahh....., it's so nice not cooking the Thanksgiving Dinner today.  DH and I will be  going to a restaurant to have our Holiday dinner.  DS and his family are celebrating with my DIL's family and DD and family were going to spend it with SIL's  home, ( that was actually  cancelled  last moment just before our getaway, and now they are on there own).   Glad I had time to post this though truth be told, I am missing the aroma that once spilled out of my kitchen on the years gone past and the warmth of family surrounding us.     

Enjoy your blessings, Jane
 

A talented artist/quilter

Had to share this blog that was recently found- May your bobbin always be full. LuAnn Kessi shares quite a few techinques for quilting, dyeing fabric and fabric art.

Karen at Cre8tive kick blog also shares some interesting tips. Color catchers used for a purse tassle, ingenious

Faux piped binding

Check out this awesome tutorial for a faux piped binding over at TLC stitches. I just might have to try it on one of my soon to be finished quilts. Good to know!