Spot is Finished

I finished the binding on my Spot quilt last night.  Just in time for Christmas... Hahaha

 I think I will keep it out and use it before Christmas, it feels sooo good.  It is so soft.  

I love this fabric and mixed with my favorite batting, Warm and White, it is the perfect combo.

 I used my walking foot for this entire quilt.  The quilt is so busy it didn't really need anything too fancy. 

It did take a bit of time to make sure the lines didn't stray though, but it was worth it!
I love the smooth straight line quilting.

I even got a label on this one.  Some how I miscounted when making my blocks and made an extra one.  So I saved it for my label.  Perhaps I should take the time to write on it.  ;)

The black Polk-a-dot binding makes a nice framed border.

This is personal finish #6 for the year.

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Basting and Binding

Today I decided I better baste more quilts because I finished quilting my Spot quilt the other day and that has left me with zero quilts in the "ready to be quilted" pile.  I like having a few quilts basted and ready to go so I rolled back the rug and got to work.  I was baby sitting today though so I had to baste during nap time and in the evening. Through out the day I got three quilt tops basted. 

This first one is the top I finished last November.

I basted it in the morning during the baby's morning nap.

This next one is a top I completed for the Le Petite project last year.

I basted it during the baby's afternoon nap.

 I had to wait till later in the evening to baste this third quilt.  I tried to do it after the baby woke up, but he wanted to crawl all over it so I had to wait till after his mom came and pick him up.  This top currently ranks as my second oldest UFO (un-finished object).  Number 1 is still my log cabin quilt, which you can read about here.

I was on a roll today and would have also basted my Slide Show quilt top (which got it borders on yesterday) and my Starry Eyed Quilt top but I didn't have enough pins left for another big quilt.  

   

This is my Spot quilt that needs the binding hand stitched down.  It wasn't quite ready for Christmas like I had planned, but it will definitely be ready this December.  It is also a Le Petite project.  When the binding is complete I will only have one Le Petite left to quilt (which is the ric rac one above) and when that one is finished I will have all 12 Le Petite projects totally completed.  Yay!!!

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Final Le Petite Parade

Sinta and Sherri asked that we do a post of all the Le Projects we completed this year.  I was able to complete the all 12.  Well almost complete, there are 4 that still need quilting. Here they are in the order they were announced.

Paganinni

Butter Churn  - This one still needs quilting. It is basted though.

Prairie Point Christmas

Mon Ami

Sweet Spot

Endless Summer

Brocante - This one still needs quilting. It is basted though.

Candy Bar Pinwheels

This particular month we had a choice of Ric Rac or Recess.  I choose Ric Rac.

This one still needs to be basted and quilted.

George

Honeycomb

Spot  - This one needs basting and quilting too.  

I really enjoyed making all these.  I was a little apprehensive about some of the patterns, but once I got started and picked out some of my favorite fabrics I fell in love with each pattern.  I can't wait to see what Sheri and Sinta have cooked up for us next year!!

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Last of the Le Petites

For this last month of the Le Petite Challenge we were allowed to choose any Schnibble pattern we wanted for the Le Petite Challenge.  I chose one of the new ones titled "Spot".  I decided I needed a new Christmas quilt.  So I bought the Countdown to Christmas fabric by moda and made the Larger version of "Spot"  I am really loving the touch of black thrown in with the Christmas colors.  I want to get some yardage of the black polk-a-dot fabric for the binding.  Or maybe the Green polk-a dot fabric. Or perhaps the black and red strip like the Starry Eyed quilt found at moda bake shop.  I really like that quilt.  I am contemplating getting more Countdown to Christmas just to make that one.  :)

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I can't believe a whole year has gone by since I joined up to make all these small projects.
I participated each month and got 8 out of the 12 quilted.
2 are basted waiting their turn under the machine, 2 are still tops.
Below are all the quilts I made for this challenge.

Paginni A Schnibbles Pattern ~~~~~	Butter Churn pattern by This and That ~~~~~	Prairie Point Christmas Moda Bake Shop ~~~~~
Mon Ami A Schnibbles Pattern ~~~~~	Sweet Spot A Schnibbles Pattern ~~~~~	Endless Summer A Schnibbles Pattern ~~~~~
Brocante A Schnibbles Pattern ~~~~~	Candy Bar Pinwheels Moda Bake Shop ~~~~~	Ric Rac A Schnibbles Pattern ~~~~~
George A Schnibbles Pattern	Honey Comb A Schnibbles Pattern	Spot  A Schnibbles Pattern

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Spot

I spent what little time I had this week for crafting working on my Le Petite for this month.  September is the last month in this year long program and we were able to pick out any shnibbles pattern we wanted.

I picked one the the newest Schnibbles called "Spot".  I am using the Moda Countdown to Christmas charm squares by Sweetwater.

I have a few more red and white strips to cut out and then I can sew up the rest of the spot blocks.

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Honeycomb Quilt Finished

I finished the quilting and the binding on my extended Honeycomb quilt today.
This was the first time I have done a scrappy binding.  I really like how it turned out.

When I look at the quilting on the back it looks like a totally different quilting pattern.

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Honeycomb Extended

I took my Honeycomb table topper and added more rows to it last night.  The pattern had rows of 8 across 10 down, but I ended up making mine 10 across and 16 down.  Which is double the hexagons and makes the quilt the perfect size for snuggling.

Next on the list is to quilt it.  Last night I printed out some pictures of the top and drew some quilting ideas on it.  I came up with an idea that got me so excited to quilt it that I was ready to baste and get started on the quilting at 11:45pm. Unfortunately I didn't have any white batting, so I had to hold off on the quilting, which was probably a good idea because I also needed some sleep.

But now that I am rested and the laundry is done, I am off to JoAnn's to get some Warm and White. Thank goodness for 40% off coupons.  :)

Oh, and did you know that irons can iron clothes?  I was shocked that mine knew how to do that seeing how it has only ironed quilts in the past 6 months.  ;)
My hubbies shirts are finally happy to have nice straight collars and smooth button plackets.

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Le Petite for September - Honeycomb

I have made a slightly smaller yet wider version of this month's pattern.  My initial thought was to make it just the right size to fit on my coffee table, but after playing around with these little hexagons, I think I may turn this into an even bigger lap quilt. I think it would be more fun to snuggle under this one instead of putting it on the coffee table. I have some extra 5inch charm squares left over that would make this the perfect size.   I think I will take off the white borders and add more hexagons later on this week.

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Le Petite for July - George

Top Finished, Quilted, and Bound this time around.  Yay!  I love it when I have time to do the Le Petite project for the month from start to finish.  Usually I only have time to make the top.

I used two "Canning Day" Charm packs from Connecting Threads for this cutie and then some yardage from my stash for the sashing and yellow border.

I really enjoy quilting feathers.  They are all freehand since I really don't enjoy marking them.  

For each individual center block I used a pre-printed design on tear away paper.  I got the papers years ago off eBay for a great deal, but never ended up having a quilt with blocks small enough to use them till now.  They are wonderful.  I think I will plan more quilts with these size blocks so I can use up the rest of the papers.

I see a lot of quilts rolled up like this on other blogs and I like the look of them, so here is my version.  :)

Can you have too many pictures of the same quilt???

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