When the Quilting is Done and the Binding Begins...

This happened yesterday. And quite quickly I might add!

My plan with the quilting for Butterfly Kisses included the thought that I didn't want the machine quilting to be any more dense than if I were choosing to hand quilt it.

I love all over textures, and I wanted it simple.  No leaves, no flowers, no feathers.  Just something SIMPLE that made the texture stand out.

I used the Woven Wind edge to edge design by Apricot Moon designs.

I quilted in a dusty lavender thread - 

The thread color doesn't really show unless you look where it crosses yellow - and if you look at the top photo of this post you can see it against the darker purple outer border.

Thread colors for multi-colored quilts have always been a crap shoot for me.  I'm not a fan of white or cream thread when quilting.  They are just too stark (not to mention boring and predictable) against darker fabrics.

I guess I tend to gravitate toward something that will still blend in so you see the texture of the quilting more than you see the thread, but I also don't want anything too dark against light fabrics, or too light against darks - which leaves me in the realm of "medium" in value.  The dusty lavender fit that category perfectly.

Binding on and ready for weekend hand stitching!

I love the feel of this quilt on my lap.  The fact that it isn't over-quilted leaves it soft and drape-able and quite snuggly.

There are times when extensive machine quilting can really make a difference in a quilt, and then there are times that quilts are made for the using and a quilt that is quilted-to-death is also a quilt that is so stiff and not warm.

Have you also found that to be true?

I only made it about half-way down one side last night.  We don't have internet at the cabin - everything we do (including the writing of blog posts) is done by cell phone data.  

Verizon must have been having a "THING" last night because we couldn't even get anything to stream on the TV - we hook the tablet to the TV with HDMI cord - and that meant that we were watching free "antenna" TV - the COMMERCIALS drove me insane.  10 minutes of commercials for 5 minutes of programming - and I gave up and went to bed.

We could-have-should-have downloaded a couple of shows from Netflix so we weren't live streaming.  But you know how that goes - we didn't think we'd have a problem.

We could have played a DVD but we'd have to re-hook-up the player and we were just to worn out to deal with it.

Needless to say -  There is more stitching to happen later.  And I'm okay with that.

How are things shaping up for your Memorial Day weekend ahead?  

And did you see that we've got a May '21 Quilty Box Gift-Away happening on Thursday's Post? 

The drawing will happen on Tuesday June 1st - and you could be the lucky winner!

Just for fun, and because I can - all orders $39.00 and over receive FREE SHIPPING from the Quiltville Store Through Memorial Day, May 31, 2021! Sale ends at Midnight Eastern Time. 

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Basket Toss is Scrap User's System friendly - I was able to sew up a lot of my smaller scraps, even making good use of rarely-used charm squares for the bigger basket base triangles.

This would be a great quilt for swapping blocks with friends as they are all different and VARIETY is the name of the game!

Quilt Size: 88’’ x 88’’

The introductory price for Basket Toss is already marked 25% off - no coupon needed!

This price drop is good through May 31st, and will revert to the full price of $12.00 on Tuesday, June 1, 2021.  Don't delay!

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My plan for today is also to find WHERE I put the cute thing I'm making for Pat Sloan's upcoming blog tour - it only needs borders!  Where did I put it?? 

I thought it was here at home, evidently it's at the QPO Studio - but I thought I looked there.  Where is my brain??

And from there I'm playing it by ear.

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

It's not that I want to completely throw myself out of my comfort zone, I just want to push the boundaries to give me a little more space to explore and play!

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Scrappy Mountain Majesties quilt from the free patterns tab on my blog. Many layouts, endless possibilities all starting with 8.5" squares.

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Seeing this quilt again is giving me a nudge to work with recycled shirt fabrics!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone - I'll catch you back here on Monday!