Finish it Up Friday - A Collaborative Quilt

•  Made for Hurricane Sandy effort

• Blocks were sent from all over the world [all extra blocks were forwarded on to Jenn to hopefully make another quilt!]
• Approximately 58x67"

•  Scared the beejeebus out of me when I pulled it out of the wash and the traditional fabrics had bled onto the white within their individual blocks! Washed a few more times and hopefully it's not too noticeable. That's the first time that's happened to me :(

 

•  Snuggly blue polka dot flannel backing

• Someone made and mailed me binding and I'm not going to lie, it was HEAVEN to have it made already. So I'm accepting applications for a binding-maker ;)

•  Used up every last creative juice I had for the end of the month of November, since I overextended myself last month, and was a grumpy mess by the end of it. I was excited to make the quilt, but was having the darndest time coming up with a solution for mixing the modern and traditional fabrics and combining the blocks that were oriented in different directions.

• Made a coral star out of Silent Cinema for one of the warm color stars [top left]

•  Quilted using straight-lines around the star blocks and then squares quilted in the negative space. I wanted to just straight line quilt in the sashing, but my sashing didn't line up because I had to fudge a little on sewing some blocks together to make them all the same size. So the squares were my quilting solution. And in the end, I like it.

• Quilted using my mom's old machine, which was bizarre, and the reason I couldn't FMQ it. Also, her machine is quieter than mine, which was glorious.

•  Made up an extra top and backing out of an old sheet set and some patriotic blocks that were sent. I dig it.

 

•  Sent Jennifer a 45" square Children at Play quilt that was the first quilt I ever finished, so hopefully she can find a kid who needs a little bit of whimsy

• Speaking of Jennifer, she needs the biggest thank-you in the world for organizing all of this. Such a big heart!
• Thanks also go out to all those who contributed blocks, sent me batting, pre-made binding, and a quilt label
• It makes me feel really good to be part of this community :)
• Someone please finish my Christmas shopping for me. Please.

 *Linked with Finish it Up Friday! :)