Murphy's Law

You will use up your last spool of the color you are quilting with on the last pass. Since this is a donation quilt I finished up with a slightly different shade of burgundy rather than wait until I get back to town to purchase another spool of the original color.


The bobbin will run out with only inches left to quilt.


I did manage to finish it. I quilted with a loose meander. I sewed the binding to the back, turned it to the front and sewed it down with a zigzag stitch.

Top Pieced and Ready to Quilt

I made some decisions yesterday and this morning I finished piecing this quilt. Iwould have liked to miter the corners of the brown inner border but didn't have enough fabric. I made the top and bottom burgundy borders wider to reach the size that the MCC wants for their donation quilts. I hope to get at the quilting this afternoon. Our lane is still blocked with snow so we aren't going anywhere right now.

How I Spent My Morning

The MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) is requesting quilts for Haiti. They want 60x80 inch or 82x90 inch sizes. I went through my pile of quilts and found a few that fit those requirements. I had a piece of that dandelion fabric (is it dandelions?) and started putting a new one together. The problem is that so far it's turning out too small. I don't have any more of the flower fabric so I'll have to keep adding borders until it's large enough. Unfortunately I'm also out of the dark green. I think I'll put one more border before the brown but I'll have to go through my stash and see if there is anything of a suitable colour.


I finished quilting Kitty Corner and sewed on the binding. Now I just have to hand sew it down.


I had to piece the back but I really like the look of the strip down the middle.