I am in love.

Flowers and Stripes quilt is all done and I love it.



I decided to buy a darning foot so that I could do free motion quilting for the first time, but boy, I did not realize how hard it would be to find a darning foot. After multiple stores I finally got one and WOW, loved it! It was so easy because you don't have to stick to a pattern (meaning following lines or squares). The only problem I had was that it lead to having multiple puckers, hence getting out my un-picker (which is NOT my favorite thing to do). I know as I get better at it this will not (hopefully) happen.



I also used white Kona Muslin for the borders of this quilt and I do have to say I was not a huge fan of it. It wrinkles like crazy.



The quilt measures 60 x 75. I had a lot of shrinkage in the quilting and washing of this quilt. According to this post it is supposed to be 65 x 80, oh well. Note to self: next time make it bigger so that after quilting and washing it will be the desired size!



I was really happy with the binding. I think that the brown really pops on this quilt.

Flowers & Stripes quilt top done!

I decided to name this one Flowers & Stripes for the obvious reasons. I love it now that the top and bottom of the quilt are done. I had a hard time wanting to sew it together because I got a lot of new fabric for Christmas and wanted to start on that, but I am the type of person that has to finish what they started. I can't stop and go on to something else. I wish I could but it is just not in me. I should have ironed it, sorry.



I pieced the bottom of the quilt with all the left over scraps and it was so fun, easy, and fast to do it that way.



Now all I have to do it baste it, bind it (which I will do in the dark brown fabric), and quilt it. I am going to quilt this one more than I have before so wish me luck!