Bits & Pieces
It seems things are still running along in the spirit of housekeeping. I do love the feeling of cleaning up and reorganizing for the new year! Here are a few bits and pieces with a finished quilt to round things out.
No. 1 {Comments Verification}
It's back. I so wanted avoid the word verification step when leaving a comment. At first I only received very occasional spam comments, and Google usually blocked them. But since I stopped word verification earlier this year, the spam has been multiplying. This month I have been getting about 20 spam comments per day, and Google has been letting some go through to blog posts. Sorry folks, I just don't have time to check every spam comment to make sure it doesn't post. Darn spammers!
No. 2 {End of Year Sales}
In case you haven't heard, there are a good number of sales just posted for 20% off storewide at my favorite fabric stores.
Mad About Patchwork has a sale section with some goodies, like 25% off Flea Market Fancy and 15% off Chicopee, plus an extra 12% off your entire order with code "12Days" through January 5th.
No. 3 {Destash}
So, I've never raided my stash before, but I decided it was time to pass on some fabrics I have been holding onto too long. Even if they are Garden Party by Anna Maria Horner, sniff. SOLD. I'm hoping they'll go to happy new homes! I've made little groupings by color or collection, just to make this a bit more fun. Oh, and I also found some color cards and precuts for you. All prices are discounted, of course.
No. 4 {A Finally Finish}
One of my favorite Curves Class quilt tops has finally met it's well-deserved finish! I put off quilting this Scallop Quilt so long because I just wasn't sure how I wanted to quilt the negative space. I really love how the quilt top looked, so flat and simple, and even considered using flannel as batting so that I wouldn't have to add quilt texture at all.
But, in the end, I opted to quilt along the curves with some echoes in coordinating thread. I used a walking foot, which made for easy quilting even with curves. I didn't want to fill up the large expanse of Kona aqua negative space with texture, so I just extended the scallop lines out across for stabilization. I hope it doesn't detract too much from the minimalist design.
My favorite part of this finish was adding some fun prints to the back! This is totally a boy's baby quilt so just the excuse to use novelty prints. Then finished with a simple Chicopee stripe binding, in keeping with the quilt front.
And now I have just one unfinished quilt project, and it's one you haven't much seen before. I've promised myself to finish it before starting my new scrappy quilt project. Wish me luck!