Friday, June 3, 2016

A Weekend Challenge

Recently my online quilt group had a weekend challenge to "Make a Project From What You Have on Hand."   You may not believe this, but I have plenty on hand (aka my stash).  So, I figured I could make a great project.  And I did.  

The first thing I did was pull a couple of "Summersault" charm packs by Erin McMorris which I had bought from Missouri Star Quilt Company.   
























These are really fun fabrics so I decided to make a quick baby quilt to either put back for a little girl or donate to charity.  (There I go with the baby quilts again!)


















After I got the top together I looked through my stash and found a great dark pink batik that worked perfectly for the borders .....

























..... and the binding. 

























I went digging through my stash again and found this beautiful pink and orange and yellow fabric I had bought sometime, somewhere on clearance, and there was enough for the backing.  



















I did some straight line quilting (I'm getting better at it!) and finished it pretty quickly.  Then I put the binding on and finished up stitching that down by hand, a nice relaxing way to finish a weekend of sewing.  



















It turned out really cute, and it was a fun weekend project.  

























Wouldn't it be nice if I could get that much done every weekend?






2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A very cute quilt! Way to go.

Bon

Dar said...

I'd say that WAS a VERY productive weekend for sure. Love all the bright colors in the blocks too. I'm working on finishing up some baby quilts with my accumulated 9-patch blocks from the last year or so. Must be a theme for us who have a big stash. lol Looking forward to seeing you soon.

BTW, in case the text didn't come through--- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!