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Monday, May 31, 2010

Design Wall Monday #22

What's on my design wall?
A finished quilt top (some people call these "flimsies")!
This was from the Ladies of the Evening class I attended in March. I added in 8 extra blocks using fabric from my stash. It didn't take long to finish it up since I had pieced the borders in April.
In spite of the warm weather and DH's pnuemonia (which was much better yesterday), it seems I have been accomplishing a lot lately. I finished this quilt  last week and have also finished the hand quilting on this quilt (after 18 years)!   And this weekend, I even sewed the binding on it! I don't know if you can see how similar the border fabric (with a blue background) and the binding fabric (with a peach background) are, but I cannot believe I found this fabric!
I was sewing some BOM kits for guild meeting in April and realized how similar one of the fabrics was to my border fabric. I emailed the BOM coordinator and she had some extra fabric that I could trade. I had looked for binding fabric for about 15 years and there it was right in the guild stash!
Binding is one of my favorite parts of quiltmaking, so I will enjoy working on it during the cooler evenings this week.
Hop on over to Judy's blog and see what other quilters have on their design wall today.

13 comments:

  1. Dawn-MarieMonday, May 31, 2010

    Oh a finised quilt and a hand quilted quilt. That must feel awesome. Someday when the kids are grown and gone I will hand quilt a quilt. They all look great! Hope everyone stays healthy!

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  2. LaurieMonday, May 31, 2010

    Good job, I love the buzz saw pattern. Good job finishing.

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  3. HeatherMonday, May 31, 2010

    What a wonderful feeling to finish. I also enjoy doing the binding. Probably it's the sense of completion that comes with it.

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  4. AnonymousMonday, May 31, 2010

    Congratulations on the finishes! It must feel great to finish a hand quilting project after so many years! You have my permission to eat lots of chocolate today to celebrate!

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  5. Gari in ALMonday, May 31, 2010

    Great quilts! And such a sense of accomplishment. I, too, love finishes but I really don't enjoy doing the binding. And now that it is hot here, it is hard to sit under a quilt for as long as it takes to sew it on. But I do it.

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  6. scraphappyMonday, May 31, 2010

    That is a lot of finishes. I'm sure that can only mean one thing, time to start something new! The buzz saw quilt looks great. I hope the quilting goes well. How funny that you found just the right binding fabric after all this time.

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  7. JeanneMonday, May 31, 2010

    Good way to end May or begin June! :-) Love the buzz saw quilt. I have the same floral fabric that you used in your hand quilted project.

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  8. Barb in MiMonday, May 31, 2010

    Wohoooo! 18 years in the making and now finished - this must feel incredible! Good for you! Persistence is the name of the game...

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  9. WendyMonday, May 31, 2010

    Way to go on the finishes. Love that buzz saw quilt.

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  10. CindyMonday, May 31, 2010

    Love those scrappy buzz saw blocks.

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  11. Sew Create It - JaneTuesday, June 01, 2010

    Love your flimsey...the soft muted tones play so nicely together!

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  12. DianeTuesday, June 01, 2010

    ohh..I like all the things you've got going on there

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  13. ThelmaWednesday, June 02, 2010

    Love the buzz saw quilt, great job...that reminds me, mine's been at the quilter's awhile now....I sure would like to have it back home!

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