January Success...so far....

1.  Binding attached:

Sewing down the binding on my Dilly Dally

You can see the backing fabric...whimzical colorful flowers!

2.  49ers beat Green Bay and move on to NFC Championship Game:

3.  Roger Federer wins his first round match:

At the Australian Open

Looking forward to:

Quilt Show this Weekend

Thanks for visiting and here's to your January success!

Butterflies and Bias Binding

Took some time today to work on my Flutterby Quilt.

You'll see below, that the green stripe was the popular

favorite and that's what I decided to go with.

Here it is, ready to be turned, pinned and sewn down.

This is the first time I've done a BIAS binding

because I wanted those stripes on the diagonal.

I used this tutorial from My Sweet Prarie.

And it worked out fabulously!

And check this out...

I stuck the roll of binding in an empty

tissue box to keep it from rolling away

as I attached it.  I thought it was a pretty clever idea.  ; )



Anyway, here's some shots of the quilting too.

No time for FMQ so I just went with some

straight line and ditch quilting.

I used green thread for the quilting, but

honestly not sure I'm really happy with it.

But I do like the green quilting on the back.

Anyway, there it is.  Binding pinned and ready for a

few evenings of hand sewing.

In the meantime, I'm still in training for my new job

but should be getting students soon.

Also have an apartment lined up so my move date

is now settled, October 17th.

Lots to do before then!  But tomorrow is

Labor Day, so I'm taking a break from all of it.

Hope you all enjoy the holiday,

Flutterby Border

Well, I've been busy.

Finished sewing all the rows together and decided on a pink border.

I'm happy with the border color choice

because I know the person this will be

going to likes PINK.

It's such a menagerie of flowers and butterflies,

although not my usual style,

looks so summery and happy

that I'm really pleased with it.

Remember, those 3D butterflies:

And it's almost ready to "fly".

But...I could use your help

deciding which of these three bindings

to go with (below):

What do you think?

Please feel free to leave me a comment

with your choice!

Thanks  ; )