More Finishes!

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Now to what I have done this past week!

I have now quilted all of the 12 quilts I basted in October.  I have a 4 day weekend coming up and it's time for another basting party.  I bought 25 yards of batting and will have to piece backs for some of them, but that's okay.  I will be using up fabric!

This quilt was 11 years in the making.  My late friend Deb purchased the fabric in 2008 and the Quiltsmart interfacing.  I was supposed to make a wedding quilt for her to gift to her niece, but she changed her mind and gave me the fabrics instead.  They languished for a few years and finally in 2013 I made the top.  The interfacing is an interesting method and the rings are machine appliqued with a blind hem stitch and invisible thread.  It is a nice throw size, but not my favorite.  I posted a picture on Facebook and my wedding singer (almost 35 years ago!) said she LOVED it.  I am sending it to her!  She has purchased some quilts from me in the past, but I am gifting it.

Double Wedding Ring

The weather was great yesterday and I managed to take some outdoor photos, although the sun was getting a little low by the time I got outside.  We still have a bit of snow left, but we have had a strange winter so far!

I was influenced by a couple of friends and started making this 1930's Farmer's Wife quilt a couple of years ago.  (6 inch blocks).  I got bored with it and lost the CD with the templates.  Forget that!  I had to cut a couple in half for this setting, but I really like the zigzags.  It's a small throw/lap size.  I had fun with the quilting though!

1930 Farmer Wife

quilting closeup

backing

 Both quilts together in the old corral in our pasture.

Linking up with Design Wall Monday.

August UFO #10

This is a throw size double wedding ring using QuiltSmart interfacing product.  The fabrics were purchased by my friend Deb to make a quilt for a family member and she ended up trading me for a quilt I already had made.  I had this in a bin for a few years and finally sewed it together at a retreat in April 2013.  Someday I will quilt this one too!  I can't say I loved using the interfacing method but it became MUCH easier when I borrowed a pair of hemostats.  The tubes turned so much easier.  Hemostats are now on my quilt camp supply list!  The rings are blind stitch appliqued on the background.