Showing posts with label finish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label finish. Show all posts

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Introducing................

I feel like I have a new bed when really it is a new quilt for my bed.  New,warm,snugly and...well.......nice!

I chose Kona Bahama Blue for the binding and it tied it all in quite well in the end.  I think the other colors are thankful!  I have some left over too..better than not enough right?

There is a light and airy feeling in the room presently.  Calm comes to mind:)  I am really enjoying the size as well----------------BIG!!!!

The white sort of worries me,but that is what they made a washer and dryer for I guess;)

Newsflash to myself I can hand quilt a whole quilt this size in about a month and 1/2 if need be and enjoy it!!!!  Because of the light thread I used to quilt it,it was not very photogenic---I tried!  I am very pleased that all my flower markings came out in the washer!!

All of the paper pieced blocks went into the backing,but I think they may have gotten lost a bit back there..you live,you learn.  A solid backing probably would have been the better route.  It's on the back:)  Who cares----lol!


finished these girls up the other day too...once those darn snaps are on it's all smooth sailing from there...but that darn snap press is something else!!  I snapped a pic right before the storm as you can see;)

:::::Ready for their debut at the craft fair:::::

Sara






Thursday, June 2, 2011

Get your hot dogs, popcorn,cotton candy,soda HERE!

You are at a baseball game enjoying the sights of the players, the lights.  Enjoying the sounds of people cheering,booing,singing and laughing.  Then....your stomach starts to rumble and you want something to eat with all the EXCITEment!! The vendors appear as IF they know of your hunger!

Now it's getting later, bottom of the 8th inning, the weather is cooling you down quite a bit.  You wish you had a QUILT to cover yourself with at this point--hello-lol;)

In comes:  Baseball Dreams

I am thinking there is a HOMERUN at the end of that game to wrap things up!!

What a great way to end the game.

Time to go home and cuddle up under that quilt and dream of the game:)

Quilted in random straight lines using a red thread and each block was outlined in red stitching made to look like the lacing on a baseball.

On the label it reads: "great American past time" which I took from the fabric selvedge,thought it summed the quilt up well.

Binding: Moda Brown Marble gave a baseball glove effect

Backing: more of what was on the quilt top Kona, Alexander Henry baseball print and a few other Marcus Brother star prints

Size: 52x82 for a twin bed I was trying to allow for some overhang on the bed it is going to be on and I think I have done so.

My second manly quilt done!!  AND I cannot wait for my brother to see the results:):)



Quilt ON!

Sara