Two quilting finishes!

 I had yesterday off since it is the end of the trimester. I have been itching to get at some machine quilting, as I haven't done any since before Christmas. I got my freepieced quiltin' sign quilted...

 I did a meandering stitch using a multicolored thread. I always worry that the thread will take over, but you can still read it just fine from a distance, so I am happy. I wanted to use a black binding to frame those colorful blocks on the edge. I added a hanging sleeve to the back as I attached the binding to help it hang straight since it is so wide. It ended up about 55" x 24".

 I also quilted this mini twister quilt that I made using the leftover squares from my twister quilt. I had the back all ready for it, and using the same thread, I meandered all over it too. I had some bright pink batik for the binding that almost blends into the border.

I'm excited that they are both finished.
 It's hard to know what to do about binding sometimes...match it? use as an accent? Use the same as your final border? What do you do?

Last Tuesday Sew-in for awhile....

 Yesterday was the last Tuesday sew-in for awhile for me since I go back to work at school next Tuesday. I put the borders on the Twister quilt and finished the Mini Twister as well. I ended up using some of those leftover 2" pieces in the border.  I forgot to take a pic of the Twister with borders, but will soon.

 Diana has been finishing the quilts she was working on during the retreat....

 Laura has been working on these blocks all along, she finished the borders yesterday.

 Dianne is making a costume for a friend, so that is what she worked on.

 Brenda is back to quilting after 3 months off. She had a major injury to her wrist in a car accident and is just now able to sew again.

 Kim finished the last blocks for her Sampler #13 quilt, here is the layout.

It was a great day and I am going to miss these sewing days in the weeks to come.

Mini Twister

 After  you cut and assemble the Twister quilt, you have squares of each fabric left over. Sometimes people use them in the border. I decided to sew mine together, just for fun. I wasn't quite sure what I would do with it, as the squares are too small to use the Lil Twister ruler on. But I really wanted to make a Mini Twister, so I sewed a border on the quilt.

 Not a great pic, I know, but you get the idea.

 I then cut mini squares using a ruler I adapted. Aren't they adorable?

This is the piece I have left. Pretty sure I'm not going to make a new twister quilt from these...but I am going to do something with them. Maybe use them in a border for the Mini.