WONKY SQUARES DONE.

 FINISHES.... I am going to be focusing on FINISHES for the next few weeks... 

I have so many tops sitting here, ( I know I've said this  before)
It's time to get them done and out of here!;-)Recently I have gotten three quilts quilted...
Did I  mention they still need to be bound?  One thing at a time!

So today I want to show you one finish, I picked up from Jackie the other day.

 This quilt started probably three years ago. I made the blocks and disliked them from the get go...
I could not figure out how to jazz them up...  I know everyone loved that Katy jump rope fabric...
I loved the blues and browns.. then when I had them all together I thought.. humpf.. very dull!

They laid in my bins for a long time, and every so often I'd pull them out and play with them.

I can find one old post here, but this was definitely not the only one!

Never finding the right solution for them...

Then one day I couldn't stand it anymore... And I pulled them out one day and

didn't think to much about it.... started sewing some favorite fabrics around each of them..
things that contained blues and reds... even a little PINK and RED to make them SING!!!!

I found a backing that I thought would make the whole thing, POP!
And then I thought, "well that wasn't so hard after all!  What took me so long?"

And just to make thing seven easier, I sent it out to be quilted.

Now let me see what other oldies I can get out of here.... and onto the binding pile...

I have four more ready to go, and A KAFFE quilt that is getting some applique added...
turning it into something I did not like into something I love!

How many tops do you think you have stored away not finished?
Are you afraid to say  how many?  I might be! 

UFO FRIDAY

Not long ago I had 16 UFO's to get done. two are below, and one is the B&W build top... But geez, all of a sudden I've got these and 5 more sitting here... I think I will have enough summer sewing,
j'ya think?
Not to mention the hand sewing projects I am still working on around here...

These wonky squares have baffled me for so long... I didn't know what the heck to do with them. I think I decided to use this blue & brown filagree print for sashing...

These two had backings laying here, I just had to get them pinned out...
(I had to go buy a HUGE box of (10 gross) pins!) Thank goodness I live where I do! You can get all kinds of great sewing supplies around here... These were my big project for the day...

Gonna try to pin at least two more out today.
Have a great weekend!

ha! I saw this quote online today. My husband would have to agree:

Asking a quilter to sew on a button is like asking Picasso to paint your garage.