I've been binding like crazy the past few evenings and have actual finishes to report already for this week. Two of these are UFO quilts and 1 is a table runner that was a fairly recent purchase - that did NOT end up forgotten in a drawer. Yay!!!
So, I've mentioned how different this Tim Holt line of fabric is. The kit I bought for this Halloween table runner had a really unusual print for the backing. It looks like a blend of newspaper articles, wanted posters, and vintage fabric. Hmmmm . . . I do really like the moths and spider webs on the front.
The runner was a kit and pattern purchased this summer at the Pin Cushion called Keep It Simple. It's really a fast one - big squares, medium squares, and a few triangles. No small pieces or tricky matching to worry about. I think it took me less than 30 minutes to cut the pieces and sew up the top of the runner. I even quilted it myself.
One larger finish this week is a UFO quilt. I bought the hummingbird panel in Fort Dodge Kansas in 2023 on our road trip to Arizona. Then in languished in a project box, along with some batik fat quarters that I bought to use with it. Last winter I finally decided on a pattern to use - Chillingsworth Bicycle Race. It was a free pattern from Andover. I really do like the big pieces in this one, and may do it again with one of the patriotic panels I have.
The original backing I bought for this quilt had swirls of the blues, aquas and yellow. But alas - it wasn't large enough. Oops!! I then found this butterfly print to use instead and it works well. The other backing will get used for some smaller project eventually.
There was another UFO that I got bound this week too. Note the orange backing and black/white binding in that first picture? That will be shared on Saturday as it's a Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt.
And I have 3 more projects ready to bind. Stay tuned!
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