Sunday, June 6, 2010

SRM Quilts

Progress Report 2

Lion quilt says, "Grrreat, I'm finished." I had a lot of fun with that challenge and am pleased with the finished look provided by the pink and white stripe binding.
The “Cars” were on the back burner for about a week – I just couldn’t come up with a quilting plan. By reading every free-motion quilting library book I could get my hands on, practicing on paper and without thread, I gained confidence, inspiration, and perhaps even became a bit cocky. Free-motion script writing for the first time didn’t turn out too bad!
It’s hard to see in the small yellow squares, but there’s a simple outline of a car that I felt added to the theme. There's just a simple medium/large meandering on the book pages. It all came together in the finished product.

Baby Einstein needed some sashing material, so I bought some mottled grass green fabric at Hobby Lobby. I originally thought I would use yellow for the small square as I did on the cars quilt, but I didn’t have enough. I used a blue and white fabric that will also serve as the backing- purchased for $1 at the local Goodwill Store.
Piecing is finished, but, it’s back to the drawing board to decide how to quilt this one. Any ideas?- ~~K