FOUR FINISHES

I felt the need to actually finish a project or two.  I have way too many UFO's waiting for completion.  I chose some smaller projects that did not need much to bring them to the end.  The first is the "In God We Trust" schoolhouse sampler.  All it needed was a border fabric added and some simple machine quilting and then binding.  Done!

Next, I finished the wool on cotton angels with the Nativity embroidered on the dress.  One is a gift and one for myself.  The mini quilts needed quilting and binding.  I decided to hand quilt the one I was going to be sending to a friend.  I liked the look so well that I just had to hand quilt mine also.  The pieces are small so I quilted without a hoop or frame of any kind.  And done in a prim style.  The pattern used was "December" by Sandy Gervais.

The last finish is a table runner I started quite some time ago.  I had forgotten about doing the embroidered stems and the button flowers.  So that needed done and then some machine quilting and stitching down binding.  I can't find the pattern information right now.  I think it is a Joined at the Hip pattern.  All the squares are done by applique.  I remember it took a while to do that.

The last two days, I have been prepping more applique blocks for "The Bible"  quilt.  I am behind schedule on that.  I had intended to do at least one block a month and have let that fall behind.

Enjoy your day!

Karen