LIttle Hexie quilt finished!

 It's always a good feeling to finish a project. I had loaded my little hexie quilt the other night and it didn't take that long to quilt it yesterday. I tried  Glide thread for the first time. It was recommended to me,so I bought a spool of white. I hadn't tried it because I was afraid it might not work well on my machine. I didn't want to mess up a quilt!

 So I got brave and tried it on this one. (smaller quilt, not as far to unsew if I have to...) It worked really well. I didn't have any problems with tension, or breakage so I will definitely use it again.

 I used one of my favorite pantos...this one really comes out nice.

 I had a splashy tie dye type fabric that was the right size for the back.

 After I got it trimmed I finished with a binding the same fabric as the border. It's such a happy little quilt, I love it!

 I hope you are having a wonderful 4th of July! My daughters are coming over later for a cookout and fireworks.

  

Lotus flowers & leftovers

 I spent Sunday working on sewing the blocks together for the Lotus Flower quilt. You always have these edges when you do this type of quilt. I guess you could leave the zigzags, but I'm not that fond of them, so I straightened the sides.

 I them stay-stitched all around the edge as these edges are stretchy because of the way the blocks are cut. I am considering a border, though I don't think it needs it. What do you think?

After I was finished with that, I got out the rectangle that was made out of the leftovers from trimming the black, red, gray Lotus. I decided to make a pillow, so added a border to the long sides of it, so that it would be 18 1/2".

Then I folded it so that it was 18 1/2" on the front, added some extra to the ends to make an envelope back. 

I think it's nice to have some pillows that match the quilt. I haven't done anymore with the triangles I've been sewing together, but they will probably be a pillow eventually too. What do you do with your leftover blocks or "pieces"?

Karen finished her teal Modern Cathedral Windows pillow top yesterday, too! Read about it and see it on her blog.

Piecing leftovers

 When you cut out the jewel shapes for the Lotus quilt, you have lots of leftover triangle pieces. These are the ones from the Lotus I cut out over the weekend. I saved all of them from the black and red Lotus, and started sewing them together as leaders/enders while making that quilt.

 I have continued sewing them together as I put together the blue/brown Lotus, first into pairs,  then quads and then in set of eights, just grabbing them and sewing in no particular order.  So now I have to figure out what I want to do with them. I really do love to making something out of the leftovers....it's sort of like getting a bonus after you finish the quilt!

I worked on the blue/brown Lotus last night for awhile and have all the pieces sewn into the large triangles, so I am ready to sew them together.

 My daughters are taking me out for my birthday tonight, so it will be fun to have some family time!