It's been a busy few days since Christmas. I went shopping the day after Christmas with my mom and sisters. I didn't buy much, mainly went for the chit chat and lunch! They found the bargains they were looking for, so it was successful.
I had finished the quilting on the two smaller quilts on Tuesday, so I took them along to bind on Friday when I went to sew with the Tuesday ladies (they switched days last week!)
I had some concerns about the white border, so auditioned a few bindings with it so I could decide if I should keep it or not. I liked this tye-dyed fabric for the binding, so it stayed!
The black and white is the backing fabric I used for the blended colorplay quilt...
and this deep blue print is what I used on Rock Candy. I decided on the background green for the binding on it.
I'm glad I went with the multicolored binding, it seems to bring out the colors in the quilt as well as giving it a finished look.
After I finished these I cut out a new mystery quilt that I want to start work on soon. I have been working on the cutting of a new tessellation quilt as well this week, and started sewing it together yesterday. I love tessellation quilts and this one is shaping up to be pretty interesting. I'm using lots of bright colors, so I dug through the stash for some of the fabric, but had to buy some new as well. I really enjoy these days off that I can sew all day! Are you getting any sewing done in the aftermath of Christmas?
4 comments:
Super Super colors and quilts. You have such great talent and it comes so easy to you. Happy New Year.
I have to admit I had my doubts about white as the border but it ends up that it was perfect and I'm sure the binding helped a lot.
uhh, the colord binding looks awesome with the white border.
I like the backing fabric. good choice.
Love both of these quilts! You do amazing work, Jean.
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