How sad it would be to let this month get away from me without atleast posting ONCE !
I kindof lost my sewing mojo for a little bit, just not feeling the usual energy, but I did get a small top pieced, and another one pieced AND quilted and bound !
However, with this little one, I finished the binding last night, and washed and dried it today. A you-tuber that I watch mentioned a stitch-along that she was interested in, and I took the idea and ran with it. It's small, 36 inches square, but it was a fun distraction. I machine-quilted near the seams within the colored squares, (2 inch finished squares), and hand/big-stitched with embroidery floss inside the white four-patches. The most fun was making a binding to sortof complement each colored section around the outside edges. The backing fabric was not chosen until I had pieced the top, and it's amazing how the colors go perfectly with the piecing.
The binding fabric is a favorite from Connecting Threads. Sadly, it's made with a very loosely woven griege goods, causing it to ravel terribly, but it gives such a wonderful look when cut along the stripe.
And, NOW, just because I'm between projects again, and still hankering to play with fabric, I took the triangle cutoffs from making bias seams in the binding, mixed them with some scraps from a friend, and made myself another potholder/plate holder. It was a good chance to practice some free-motion quilting. Obviously it's been WAY TOO LONG since I've done any ! But I now have a fun daily reminder of quilting time.
