Sew Sunshine

Well as I was finishing the last corner of binding this morning the phone rang and some of my family was in town to have lunch. I was done but did not knot and snip. I was so happy to go out to lunch and shop but I was knew I was not going to have daylight left for a quick pic.  So here is my finish in bad lighting. I am okay with that because...hey I got a FINISH!!! wooohooo "Moody" 44 1/2 x 45 1/2 This is the Retro Ruby quilt top from the QAL that Alyssa Lichner hosted a while back.  I actually won a prize from my quilt top but I really wanted to get it done and bound. Today was the day!  Some scraps and one reverse block on the back. The quilting curves was harder than the piecing of the curves. :) Linking up with Crazy mom quilts HERE

I have a finish! I made it home last night from my sister's house and got to work on finishing this quilt I wanted to enter into a challenge.  This is the  Modern BOM 2 #1 block . I have 4 blocks remaining ready to sew into something but this quilt has the two solid color backgrounds of tarragon and navy kona. I think it turned out very well and I added some spiral quilting.  "Box out" Of course it is overcast today but the quilting does show up. I want to enter it in the  Le challenge #1  today. :) ~~~~~~~~~ I also finished the hand sewing on my curve ruler table runner and scrap mug rugs that coordinate.  I love the big print and it is on the back of the table runner too so it is reversible if desired.  So happy with the finishes so far this month!!

Update! I won 2nd place on Nature's Pirouette over at  www.quiltinggallery.com  last week for the theme of the week "new beginnings". I am so excited. Thanks to all who voted for me!!! Nature's Pirouette I finally got a chance to post my wall hanging. I made this in the spring of 2012 for a challenge in my quilt guild. The challenge was to make a piece that had NO more than one right angle in the outside edge. I got the crazy idea to try curve piecing and make a circle but when it came to the end I did a little revamp.  The  basic idea of this quilt is from the book A new spin on curved piecing by Joyce Lawrence Cambron. This was a fun challenge because it uses freezer paper on the right side of the fabric.  Once all the curved strips are together you then sew the spokes together. Then the reveal when the whole piece is done. The curves went together pretty nicely and the seams matched up. The center I was uncertain about and ended up doin...