Never Ending Binding

It always takes so long to hand stitch the binding on a queen size quilt. This Birds in the Air quilt is just about finished. :)

Four-Patch Quilt Completed

Now that this quilt has been gifted to my daughter, Lindsay for her birthday, I can post pictures. After I finished the quilting, I noticed a red spot on the white border. I put a dot of stain remover on it in an attempt to clean it. After the border was wet, I discovered that there wasn't a stain, it was a piece of red thread under the surface. I was able to extract the thread with a "Varicose Vein" puller, that's what I call the Clover Soft Touch Thread Pick. Quilters need all kinds of tools to get the job done. :)

Stitching Pillow

This strange looking contraption is a stitching pillow. It's for propping up a project so your neck doesn't get sore while you are stitching by hand. The little pocket holds a pair of small scissors. I used some 20-year-old orphan quilt blocks along with some frog fabric, seemed like a good idea to me, haha! I followed a Quilt Roadies tutorial on You Tube which can be found HERE. I made mine from 18 1/2 inch squares, the instructor used 15-inch squares. I wanted to have my work really close to my face so I'm not hunched over. I stuffed it with a combination of Polyfil stuffing and fabric scraps.

Christmas In July Is Completed

Formerly known as "Quilt Top #23", "Christmas in July" is now completed. I started assembling the blocks in July, so the name stuck. I quilted it with Glide thread in the "Sand" colour, it almost looks like shiny gold thread. The blocks are a 20 year old conglomeration of a set of blocks that I won in the guild and others from a block exchange. I used up some odds and ends of Christmas fabric for the back.