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 #2 Ziggin n Zaggin

I absolutely love the look of zig zag quilts and don't have anywhere near the time or expertise to do one using triangles so I was thrilled when I came across this ladies' lovely tutorial using rectangles. Even better was strip piecing (at least I think that's what it is), where you sew two larger pieces together and then cut the blocks from the large sewn piece. Less piecing and fewer seams to mess up, sounds good to me.

I am really loving how quickly my second quilt top is going together. It only took me about 8 hours total to cut all the strips, sew together and then cut into blocks.

 Here's the top half, I need a bigger table or a cleaner floor in order to layout the rest.