Sunday, April 29, 2012

Two Finishes

I've had a great weekend.  We came to Maryland on Wednesday to volunteer at the 200-mile relay in which our son ran.  It was a lot of fun and I met lots of nice people.


I brought my small Janome and finished sewing on the binding for a snowman quilt I made for my daughter-in-law.  She bought the fabric a year ago last Thanksgiving and I worked on it during my bee retreat in March.  Then I really got started and sewed down the binding for two quilts - hers and my April UFO!  I am so excited to finish my UFO - I started it in the mid-90's.  It was a block of the month from Quakertown Quilts in Friendswood, TX.  I had to complete the last block in 1999 because there were no zeros or twos on the instructions.  :)  If you look closely you can see that the bottom left hand block is dated 1999. I have looked at it for a long time trying to figure out how to quilt it.  I finally decided that stitch in the ditch was the best so I dove in.  I am very pleased with the results and delighted that it is one more project off my  To Do List.




I was also a good grandma while I was here.  I mended three pairs of pants (for the adults) and repaired Bunny and sewed a wheel back on a car that is loved.  I figure I earned my keep.  :)

2 comments:

Dar said...

Both quilt are just darling. You did good to get them all finished and bound. Congrats

stephanie @ Luckystarquilts said...

You aren't going to believe this...I have the exact same UFO BOM - Folk Art Christmas! Since I did so well completing things at the March retreat I was inspired to look at other projects I have always wanted to finish. I just pulled this one out from a drawer that obviously hasn't been opened in awhile.! I only have two blocks completed so I'm going to work on it as I work on my other BOM's. I should have it done to hang at Christmas time this year!