a finish or two

I had the happy happenstance of going to a retreat recently with my traditional guild the Blue Mountain Quilters Guild, and managed to make some really good progress on some of my many Q2 FAL projects.  Retreats are always so much fun - getting away and not having to worry about food or sleep or looking after anything but sewing and socializing, being inspired by what others were working on - this one was not a disappointment! Such a good time!

I knew I was going to have a couple of easy and quick finishes, and that was true!  These first two are both donation quilts.  For some reason I have a ton of Vienna Nights fabrics (by 3 Sisters for Moda), and will be using it up in donation quilts. 

the first Finish - Vienna Nights 1

apologies for the lousy pictures!

my first quilting on a long arm - need more practice for sure!

second finish - Vienna Nights #2

had fun with the quilting - done on my domestic

a fun striped and piped binding

After getting these two done, I started working on my two red and white quilts for the bunkbeds at the cabin.  I had a firm idea for one of them, and after a lot of cutting and piecing and cutting and piecing some more, I had one top done.

Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Mountain Majesties

 

The second quilt uses the same fabrics, and HSTs.  I had fun playing with some different layouts, and I know I'll be coming back to some of these at a later time,

But, I decided on this one and work is progressing

 

 

I'm linking up to The Needle and Thread Network this week.

and WIP Wednesday with Lee at Freshly Pieced

 

Happy quilting! Janet

I just felt I had to

I had all kinds of other things that I should have been doing, but I was trying to organize my sewing space and got distracted by a pile of charm squares.  A very quick and easy top was put together yesterday, and I quilted and bound it today.  Success!

Now, to try and get back to making some headway in my sewing space...

Hope you're having a good summer, with lots of fun and some sewing thrown in!

Happy quilting!
Linking up to The Needle and Thread Network

and Finish it up Friday, over with Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts