Follow My Lead

Although I'm not a fan of batik style fabric, the fabrics designed by Alison Glass in her handcrafted line drew me in.  The saturated colors called to me first, but the second benefit is the patchwork motifs in the designs. I choose the Follow My Lead pattern for these fabrics because of the flying geese in the prints and the pattern.

As I was making this quilt I realized that it was time to update my 6 year old son's bed with a new quilt, and so I added navy borders to the pattern to make it fit a twin.  He's super happy that he has his own quilt now. I love having handmade items for our home and was glad to get this on his bed.

This is my second finish for Quarter 2 of the 2017 Finish-A-Long.  You can see my original list here. 

Machine quilting by Allison Black of AB Quilting Studio.   

2017 Finish-A-Long Quarter 2

My 2017 Quarter 2 Finish-A-Long list has three continuations from the first quarter.  I made a lot of progress with two of these and it's a good bet they'll make it to the finish line this quarter.

1.  Follow My Lead quilt is on its way home from being quilted, so it's just binding for this one.

2.  My Big Star quilt is also coming back from the quilter.  Had to change the background fabric from my original post of this one.  There may have been some seam ripping (more than once) to get this block right.  It's all good now and I can't wait to show it to you finished with all four big star blocks.

3.  Anna Maria Horner scrappy trip is still in progress, this could take a while...

I've a few other things in mind, but I'm going to leave this list short and sweet.

Happy sewing Finish-A-Long participants!

Follow My Lead Flimsy

It's president's week and winter break here in New York, and that means a little extra sewing time, yeah!  I've been trying to chip away at my Quarter 1 2017 Finish-A-Long list, and I am making progress, but not sure I'll have a full finish before the deadline.

Right now I have one quilt out at the long arm quilter, and another flimsy that needs a back.  This is the Follow My Lead pattern by QuiltBasket, NY.  I added two rows and went with a single 10 inch navy border.

Hope you are progressing on your projects, and have fun to all who are attending Quiltcon East 2017!