Last week I got new sunglasses, so I had to make a sleeve to keep them safe when I'm not wearing them. I used flannel inside and some cute multilingual greetings outside.
I found a pattern of sorts online but just used the basic dimensions and did my own thing.
Quick finish.
Now to the partial finish.
I have been working on machine quilting Good Fortune.
Two sides were a little short on batting and two sides had too much.
I machine basted the outside border to hold the batting in place.
Then I pinned in some pieces to fill in the missing batting and basted it in place.
Below is the basic quilting I did in the ditch around the blocks and borders.
I changed the top thread to a variegated blue to quilt the final border.
I needed to hold the batting in place so I quilted two straight lines an inch apart. The blue tape is helping me keep the stitching at the right place.
The blue thread matches better than the cream in the final border. (My Opinion)
I had just enough of one of the cream fabrics to make all of the binding. To keep it straight while I sewed it on, I wound it around a plastic tumbler.
The white corner triangle will be my label when I finish.
And here it is with the binding finished. The binding and the next-to-last border is the same fabric.
The label is ready. You can see the quilting here.
I plan to hand quilt the centers of the blocks.
I think the yellow on the red-orange blocks.
My idea is to sew a yellow circle or swirl in the center that will look like the center of a flower.
I plan to hand quilt one of these greens on the blue-green blocks.
Again, the plan is to quilt with green thread in the cream spaces and make it more leaf-like.
Monday is quilt meeting but I won't share this yet.
Have a great week end.
