Friday Finish

My hydrangea tree still has some lovely pink color amidst its changing to the cooler season. The breeze stopped just long enough for me to snap a quick photo.

I began tidying up my scrap bins the other day. This is a tedious process, not to mention distracting.  While I was pulling the scraps out of the bin, I kept finding groups of scraps that I wanted to play with. So now I have a messier table with a few bundles dotting my sewing table here and there.

One little bundle managed to find it’s way into a mini quilt. It was easy to do from start to finish. It measures about 13.5″ square. The blocks are from my scrap bin; the border and backing are fat quarters from my stash. This will be a fun little quilt to tuck into a nook with some Christmas decor, for a sweet little candle mat, or possibly a gift.

I quilted it using a spool of the Aurifil thread (50 wt) that I won recently. I was itching to dig into those spools of thread, so it was fun to find that I had a color that matched.

I made the binding narrow, using a 1.5″ strip. The finished binding edge is about 1/4″-3/8″ wide. Having clips on hand to hold the binding down while stitching made this much easier.

The back of the quilt is the same material as the binding. It’s from a cute little fat quarter that I was given last year.

My other finish for the week is my Autumn table runner; you can read about that here.

California Dreaming is still singing in my head; might be because I’m heading to California soon?

Linking up today with Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Crazy Mom Quilts.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

Wendy