Binding party!

There is a great Kim Diehl book to be won over here on Julie's blog and all I have to do is blog about what I have been binding this month....well a lot it turns out!



well firstly there was the red basket mini which need finishing (and happened to be a Kim Diehl pattern)  and just snuck into May so it could hang in our exhibition, 

then I finished the AFL Hawthorn quilt for my son...so big binding was in order.  

Then I followed that with a table runner, 

and a charity quilt.

Finally a bit more binding, around my mini which was sent to the USA for a dolls quilt swap.

And guess what, I have a callous on my middle right finger, from all this binding!

Sheez if that doesn't win me a new Kim Diehl book, then I am going to have to reward myself with a thimble!

Happy quilting, Sue.

A new table runner is born

My friend Lisa gifted me a 2.5" precut pack of fabric in my favorite muddy colours.  I have always looked at these in the shops....but wondered what I would make with one!

I laid them out and rearranged them several times.  But in the end I found this simple design worked best.  I thought it deserved a fancy quilting pattern...but my quilting repertoire only holds a few designs.... 

so wavy spirals it was.  A nice quick fun finish and the stash was nicely reduced by a fat quarter for the backing, sashing and binding, not a huge volume, but every little bit helps.

...my mission to reduce my stash continues!
Happy quilting, Sue.