A Fungly Finish

Sorry that this is not a very good picture but you've all seen it in progress at least 8 times. I finished sewing down the binding on our way home from Winnipeg this morning. It is a two hour drive each way (but I drove on the way in and I haven't mastered sewing while driving yet) and I finished it just as we got home. Good timing! Of course, I still have to label it. There has been some discussion as to when a quilt is finished and I say it's when the binding is sewn down. The label, not so much.
I have had a lot of response about my problem on the border of my last quilt. I'll be sewing on an applique of some kind. Stay tuned.

Finished!

This morning I put a black border on the Fungly quilt. It is a bit wider than the one I auditioned and I felt that it didn't need anything else. I will probably use a black binding too, although the pink polka dot is still sitting there saying, Pick Me!

While I had all my scraps all over the place I thought I might as well put together a few Mile-a-minute blocks. A couple of them are trimmings from the braid quilt. The diagonal is a bit obvious in the yellow and pink one. I might either not use it or make a few more like that.


Speaking of the braid quilt, I have it on the frame and have been quilting it for the last few days. I have already made three major mistakes on it. It has gone from being my favorite to almost my least favorite.

Audition # 2

Here is audition number 2. I like the orange. I think it can hold it's own and it really brightens the whole thing up (as if it needs to be brighter!)
I tried the pink with black dots in the spirit of fungly, because pink and orange are not supposed to go together, or at least that's what I've been told. The white with black dots is probably too light. I might be better with the black one with multi-colored dots from the previous audition.
Stay tuned though, because the roles have not been assigned yet. There may still be more auditions.

What Next

Now I have the criss cross row on and I am wondering what to add next. I am getting tired of doing tiny piecing soI found some fabric that is nice and fungly which might work instead. Then the piano keys but then should it end with the dot fabric, the fungly cow fabric or something else altogether. Or will there be another round?
I'll let it simmer for awhile before I make my decision.

Another Fungly Round

I decided that too much is never enough so here is the start of another round on the Fungly quilt.
This is another block from Collaborative Quilting. I had a couple of them in my parts drawer and they are really fast to make. I think it will need another busy round before another sashing in black and white. I might do another one from the same book, but a bit more consistent with the same background color on all of them. Or maybe not. Whatever else I do, the piano keys will be the last round before the narrow black and the binding. I think...

The Fungly Continues

Here is the fungly quilt with the first two borders sewn down and the next three being auditioned. I'm not sure if I'll stop here at wall hanging size or continue on medallion -style until it's a couch quilt or bed sized.

Fungly Challenge

I decided to play along with Tonya's Fungly challenge but of course, I have to do it my way. I couldn't find a piece of fabric that I considered really Fungly so intstead I have gone back to my trusty scrap bag and tried unlikely combinations. I chose a wonky block from Collaborative Quilting. I did follow the rule about no ripping out, which explains why the orange and green one in the middle row has one triangle on backwards. I guess this just proves that Freddy Moran's theory that ten colors can look wrong but 100 are always right.
When I got tired of piecing the little blocks (they end up at about 4 inches square) I made some strips and cut them into triangles. I find them a bit too big for the blocks but in the spirit of Fungly, I guess I should use them anyway. I had thought of putting a wonky border around each of the little blocks. Can you say "overkill"?
I did get my braid quilt back on the frame and quilted about two inches before I ran out of brown thread. I was sure I had another spool but I must have used it for something else, so I was stalled on that. I could have made a backing for the B&W but why do that when you can start something new?