Hello Friends
I am sharing my latest finish with you today. I have been working on this quilt for a while now. I read the blog Jo's Country Junction daily. She offers recipes, patterns and an inside to living in Iowa. I am only a few hours away from her and hope to meet her someday. I am inspired by her blog everyday. This quilt is called Moment of Zen. Jo writes about it on her blog. It was published in American Patchwork and Quilting. Here is my version:
This is before the quilting. I used the same fabric line that Jo did. It's called Cider by Moda and I bought it at Fat Quarter Shop. They don't have much of the fabric line left but check it out. I wish I would have bought 2 bundles. I just love this line! If you notice, some of the fabric is in the Grunge line. That is another favorite. I used the cream Grunge for the backing and binding. I really need to work on taking better pictures.
Here it is finished:
I had it quilted by a new to me quilter named Sarah. She runs a shop about 15 minutes away from me. I love the quilting and hope to be using her services again. I made this for my friend Leah for her wedding. She loved it! Hope you do too!
I have not been making much else. I do have about 3 that need finishing. I would like to get at least one of them done before starting anything new. I really don't like having UFOs around. How many is too many for you? Do you complete a quilt one at a time or do you have multiples going at once? I do get bored sometimes and start new things. I think I really enjoy cutting the quilt out and binding the finished quilt. The sewing it all together, not so much. Is that weird? I think it is. :)
Maybe I can change that this month. It is National Sewing Month starting today! Hope I can sneak in some time daily to sew something. Better start planning what to tackle first.
Feel free to send me pictures of what you are working on too!
Blessings!
Amy
Your quilt is lovely! I have been a fan of Jo's blog for a while, too. I am trying to finish up my UFOs. I like to start new projects, but seem to stall out on the finishing parts. I enjoy all the steps of making quilts, but I get tired of working on the same one if it takes too long to finish. I'm looking forward to seeing what you finish next.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great quilt!!! You did a wonderful job! Have a great day!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt Amy! My quilting time is limited these days so I like to work on one project at a time - it would get very confusing if I had multiple projects on the go. Also, my least favourite part is the cutting step so I would much rather piece, baste, quilt and bind a quilt before moving on to cutting a new project!
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