Zig Zag now I'm Mad!

This Zig Zag Quilt is finished.  After the first try at binding and getting mad,  Tanya unpicked it for me and made a new binding. 

I bound it, washed it and it is now ready to give as a Christmas gift for one of Tanya's step sisters.  Originally I had planed to keep the tips of the diamonds intact and do a zig zag binding.  I of course did not attempt to learn how to do such a think I just went out and did it half way though I got mad took out my rotary cutter and chopped the end of the quilt off.

Here is close up of front.  Yes, I like it again.  Not what the original plan was but what works out in the end is good enough for me.

Here is a close up I did a echo quilting on all the seams.  This is one of my favorite ways to quilt.  You can see on the back how cool it looks too.

Tonight I also did a little work on a new quilt in fact the front and back is now done though I only have the picture of the front.  I am rushing on this one because I would like to deliver it when I drive to see the family for Thanksgiving to save postage.  We are dropping off I believe 8 quilts during Thanksgiving.

LAFF #41

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (November) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend on Fat Quarter Shop.

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Recycled Coaster from This Years Dozen

Customer Quilt from Beaquilter

Are the 2 of the more popular quilts this week thanks for linking up and have another great LAFF day today!

So for the rules.

1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.

2) Add a link to your finish blog or where ever you show off your finishes (Not limited to quilts but I like them the most).
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

Not required but fun to do

1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.

Baby Doll Quilts

Posted by Tanya. 

 For Christmas we decided to make one lap quilt for each of my six step siblings and  

to do pillowcases for each of their kids.  I changed my mind on Saturday and decided I was going to do something different for the under 5 crowd of girls.  I looked through our stash and found a couple of fat quarters with no plans and some leftover fabric from other projects and made some simple doll quilts.  I cut up 5 inch squares and made simple tops. 

They are all similar. Three of the four have yellow backs, and the other is white with pink dots.

I tried a no bind method, so not completely straight, and I only ended up with one batting on the outside, (oops).  It was easily repaired.  Richard did a quick echo quilting on them. I was going to try, but the walking foot for my machine doesn't work right.   I think the little girls will enjoy their doll quilts. 

Speaking of little girls.  I won a giveaway from Cristin at Pear Tree Stitching for a wooden teether from Bolamo Design Studio. 

I think Julia likes it and will put it to good use.

Work In Progress Wed #34

Tanya and I are fully in Christmas mode.  I set the lofty goal of giving every one of the brothers and sisters and their kids a quilt and by my calculations we need to make a lot more quilts. Here are a few of many projects we are working on.

So instead of talking much today I am just going to get to chopping up fabric and see what I can get done.  Tanya and I have this week finished up many quilts and we plan to finish up a few more.  For example I have 3 quilts to bind today and then I must finish some of the blocks that I am currently working on.

Tanya is of course beating me out on overall number of quilts.  This rag quilt for a nephew is sewn, still needs to be cut and washed.   So no rest for me off to work I go.

Linking To

A View of Deer Valley

Tonight when I got home from work, I found the above 4 bindings made for me by Tanya.  I think this was the hint that I had four more quilts to bind.  I was only successful in completing one quilt tonight, but to me that was a good success.

This is the quilt top that I completed piecing last night.  So it was fun to sit down and start quilting it tonight.  This fabric I got a month ago at my SLMQG meeting  It is a line of Fabric from the Designer Joel Dewberry.  It is from a line called Deer Valley in the palette of tarragon

I liked this fabric from the first time I saw it.  The material was scraps that was given out from another member of the guild.  I was very excited to get it and the first thing I though of when I saw it was that this would look fantastic as another granny square quilt.  I have finished 4 of these now (one of them has not yet been show and will most likely be posted in the next couple days).

Here is a close up of my blocks and the quilting.  You can't tell by the pictures, but the white in the granny squares and the white in the borders are 2 different whites.

The back is one sold piece this was the only large scrap in the group and turned out to make a fantastic back.