Sunburst Rainbow Finish!

 After making the binding, sewing it to the quilt, flipping it over and pinning it again..

 I machine sewed the binding down, then ran it through the washing machine to get it nice and soft.

Millie, in her own inimitable fashion, let me know exactly what she felt it was good for.

(Sigh.)

Sunburst Rainbow Update

Here is the new fabric I have chosen for the backing of the Sunburst Rainbow quilt.

I set my hand down so you could see the scale of the print, but the light from the Ott light sure does make my hand look creepy!

Here's the fabric I have chosen for the binding:

(binding fabric on the left, quilt on the right.)  Although I like large prints for the backings of my quilts, I did not consider this for the backing because I felt there was too much going on. The quilt itself is full of vibrant intense color, and I thought if I used that fabric on the back it would just be too much.

This quilt is going to my eighty-year old Mom, who told me when she saw the flimsy: "NOBODY can appreciate that quilt more than me."

I'll be sending it off to Chris on Monday. If I'm lucky, the Sliced quilt will go along with it, and then I can focus on sewing the binding on the Rainbow Baby quilt and the Spools quilt.  I'll work on those when I "watch" television.  But next up.. The Chicken!

Home Sweet Home

My quilts arrived back home yesterday.

After an extended stay in Memphis with Julie, the sampler quilt, Letters From Home, is back on the wall for which it was designed. I've missed it.

The Black Box, Nine x Nine and Magic Happens are all back where they belong. (Note the space bags on the floor at the right.)

I had to unpack the two giant boxes that came back from Memphis because today is trash day, and I wanted to get the boxes into the recycle bin.  I'll tell you about the goodies Julie and Larry included later. Last night was the Project Runway finale, and I had to watch that.

I also received the fabrics I ordered for the Chicken quilt. Chris gave me a few scraps of good stuff too. I've been washing and ironing all that. I'll show you later.

I changed my mind about the backing of the Sunburst Rainbow quilt. I've selected something else, and I've also chosen the binding. You'll see.  I'll be using that gray and white zig-zag for the back of the Sliced quilt, and I think that one will have a red binding. I know where both these quilts are going.

I have to finish the Rainbow Baby quilt, and the Spools quilt. Both need binding.

And I have to clean the house. Oh well.

And I bought myself the new Kindle Paperwhite, which I love. I sent my old Kindle to Kidbean, the oldest of my "fairy nephews." His Mom reports I may hear the sonic boom of joy when it arrives at their house later today.

:-)

Sunburst Rainbow Flimsy

It's a flimsy!