Yipee...Yahoo!!!! That's what I have to say. I finally finished this quilt top. It was a BOM offered by my local quilt shop a few years ago. To say I have been moving slow on this is an understatement. I can't tell you the number of times I have put this away to do something else.
It wasn't so much putting each block together but the 1 1/2" border squares and flying geese sashing that got me. I was determined to finish this top in August and I did!
Now for the quilting... any ideas? 
I've been madly knitting (happily actually) a pair of slipper socks for my friend's birthday. I used a wonderful wool acrylic blend of yarn that is machine washable. I even crocheted a little picot edging to add to the girly appeal. They are done and she loves them. 
Okay, so this is another quilt along hosted by Crazy Mom Quilts. It is the Star Quilt Along which you can find here. It started in April of 2008 and ended in July 2008. I was pretty good at keeping up with it until it came time to the quilt sandwich and quilting. It was in my WIP pile for awhile and I finished quilting it a few months ago. We will just ignore that it is August 2009.
I know, it's suprising that I used pink and green fabric...not really. I used fabrics from Moda's "Simplicity", Lake House Dry Goods "Cherry Baby", and others from my stash.
Once again I quilted in a meandering pattern so it wrinkled up nicely after washing...Love it!
One more checked off on my WIP list. . . What have you checked off your list?
Here is my little piece of the world...my workspace. It is actually a temporary space at the moment because I am peeling wallpaper and painting my bedroom where my previous workspace was. This is my sewing and cutting table AKA dining room table. I am actually really liking this space for quilting. The light is good and my table is huge. Much more space than my cramped bedroom. The downside of course is that it is my dining room table and you can see this space from my front door. I live in a 2 bedroom condo so space is at a premium.
My fabric stash resides in my clothing closet. Yes you read that right, I share precious clothing space with fabric. Wow, I must really love quilting! To heck with shoes, give me some fat quarters any day!!
The drawers are pretty organized by style of fabric, ex: 30's prints, modern, Americana etc... There are also some baskets on top of these drawers that have current projects in them.
Well, that's my world. Hop on over to Amanda Jean's blog where you can see other bloggers studio space.
The kit came with plenty of precut 2" squares (plus some) to create your "masterpiece". They recommend using this Quilt Fuse, a fusible nonwoven product that already has a pre-printed grid that you can lay out your 2" fabric squares on. Once you lay it out, you iron them to the quilt fuse, turn it over and fold on each grid line. 
Using a 1/4" seam allowance you sew them all in one direction first, press, then sew in the other direction and viola!
A cool trick that I never thought about before was reversing the fabric and using the back side. It gave a much lighter value and worked perfectly for this style of quilt.
This wall hanging was simply quilted in the ditch around each window pane in nylon thread so it wouldn't show. I also did some straight stitching to look like the sun's rays which they suggested in the pattern.
Here is my beautiful Mom with the finished product. 
Drumroll please... I have finally finished my quilt for Crazy Mom Quilts Quilt along Sampler. I used my 1930's reproduction fabrics for this quilt in pink, green and yellow. There are 12 different blocks, and we made one each week.
This was alot of fun to put together and I kept up with the quilt along for most of it. Since I don't know many people in my area that quilt, it's nice to join an online quilt along and feel like I am a part of something. It is amazing how the internet brings people together.
I really like this pieced border. It gives it a scrapy look. It took me awhile to get to quilting it because I always seem to be distracted by a new project. I was determined to get to the pile of quilts I needed to quilt. I quilted it in an all over meander pattern and washed it up for that crinkly antique look.
Once again I pieced my binding. I just didn't have enough of one fabric to do it. That's what happens when you collect fat quarters and not yardage.
I have been feverishly stitching this wonderful Block of the month pattern designed by Gail Pan Designs. The pattern called "A Christmas Wish" is offered on her blog for free! You just have to pop on over and check it out.
This is the first time I have added hand embroidery to my quilt. I created quilts with machine embroidery many times before. This kind of embroidery actually stitches up very quickly and is so therapeutic to just sit and hand stitch. I was an avid cross stitcher several years ago, and I have to say I think I have found a new love.
This pattern was a great way to use fabrics I already had on hand. Can't beat using up those scraps! I made all of the quilt blocks already and just wait each month for the new embroidery design.
July's block was just posted... I'm off to stitch! 
