Elephant Quilts Finished

Late Thursday night I finished these quilts for a colleague at work who is having twins.

 

 

 

I'm very happy with how they turned out! I put a rush on to finish them in time to give them to another friend who is attending the shower, which is today.

 

I solved my border problems too. I quilted around the panel and quilted straight lines, using my walking foot and a washable marker to make the lines. In the corners of the quilt I got a checkerboard effect - this idea came to me right before I fell asleep on Wednesday night.

 

The binding is 100% put on by machine, which I've never done before. I found a tutorial online and away I went. Considering it was getting pretty near to my bedtime and I was pretty tired, the binding went really well. I'd definitely do it again like that.

 

I'm happy to have these finished - working on my Dear Jane often makes me feel like I don't finish  much but these make me feel like I've actually finished something.

 

My next project is pillow covers for a friend. The fabric is in the washer as we speak.

 



Twins Quilts Update

I am crazy busy at work these days and so my sewing time is limited and precious. I'm also on a self-inflicted deadline for these quilts - the baby shower is on Saturday and I'm a long way from finished.

I outlined all the full elephants - sorry, no pictures cause they don't show up - and that went okay. Now I'm stuck on the borders. I looked through my books and sketched out some possibilities but didn't love any of them.

I decided on interlocking circles, marked the quilt, and sewed away.

And, I'm not happy with my results: my circles are wobbly and uneven and look really sloppy and I don't like it. So, I ripped it all out. I think I'm going to do a rambling, purposefully uneven, bubble design. I want something quick and where I don't have to do too much marking.

Any other border suggestions? The border are 5" wide in total, but I only want about a 4" wide design.

My self-inflicted deadline likely won't be met at this point (since I'm not invited to the shower so have to be finished by work time Friday morning) so I may give up for this week. I'll have to see how tomorrow goes.

Expecting Twins...

...and thank goodness it's not me. The only thing I'm expecting is for June to finish and July and August to start!

A woman I work with is expecting twins and she doesn't know the gender. I picked up this little cutie on a recent outing. There are 2 of them but only one fits on the design board.

It's dark outside, so the picture looks a little faded. The elephants are grey and the border a light grey polka dot. Both tops will be the same but I got slightly different backings - both grey flannel but different shades and dots.

I'll post more closeups once I get started quilting - maybe tomorrow night!

I'm linking up to PatchworkTimes to see what everyone else is up to.