Blue Zig Zag (Quilt#3) is DONE!

I did the binding on Quilt #4 first out of all five quilts because it has the busiest patterned fabric and since this was the first time I've ever bound a quilt I figured I should start with one where my mistakes wouldn't show quite so bad.

When I finished this quilt I had the biggest rush of excitement! It felt SO wonderful to have it completed and well in advance of Christmas. Such a sense of accomplishment. Binding might be my favorite part of making quilts. Maybe because once that's done, you have a finished quilt all ready to wash, dry and snuggle. A quilt fresh out of the dryer by the way is heaven. Especially one you've made yourself.

Quilting

While I would have loved to have quilted each of the quilts myself there was no way on God's green earth that I was going to have the time to quilt each one before Christmas. So I took them to Judy at A Better Quilt and within 3 days she had all 4 quilts complete. They are BEAUTIFUL.

Quilt #1 Front

Quilt #1Back

I used quilting flannel for the backs because I want them to be all soft an snuggly. Right now they are still a little stiff but once I add the binding and give them a wash I think they'll soften up wonderfully.

Quilt#2 Front

 I am THRILLED with how the quilting came out for Quilt #2, definitely my favorite out of the four.

Quilt#2

Since the pattern of the fabric for Quilt #3 was so busy we just did a simple meander pattern.

Quilt #3

 It took me forever to pick the quilt pattern for Quilt #4 but we eventually got it and its lovely.

Quilt#4 Front

Quilt#4 Back

Now all I have to do is add the borders and possibly a label and they will be complete!

Quilt top #3 complete!

A month over when I'd hoped to have all four quilt tops completed but I'm very glad that I got them finished before December. 

I learned the hard way with Quilt #3 that you can't sew the two borders together and then sew them to the quilt. Many frustrated stitches ripped out and patched in pieces later it is finished. 

Unfortunately this one has a LOT of tenting going on and I'm afraid I don't know what to do to fix it. I'm sure I probably needed to catch it before adding the borders but oh well. I'll just push forward like I always do. 

Well, on to backing & quilting. I'm sure I'll make all sorts of mistakes with those ;)

Quilt #3 almost done

Another zigzag quilt top almost under my belt. I really like how quickly this no-triangle zigzag pattern goes together. Even when the first 14 blocks get sewn together backwards and need to be re-done. ;)

The fabrics are the same as quilt # 4 except I used the blue paisley instead of green as the 'solid' color.
I think the zigzags would have been more defined and the patterned fabric more of a feature if I'd chosen an actual solid color fabric instead of the blue paisley. Oh well.

So now all I need to do is add the borders and I'll have all four quilt tops finished! Woo hoo!