Sew & Tell Friday #39

Yesterday was the first day since I moved that I felt like I really accomplished anything quilting wise.  Organizing my studio must have done the trick.  It felt really good, and I am hoping it is a new trend ;-)  Now my husband says I should get back to the rest of the house!

I did some basting, quilting and binding on three different projects I've had lying around.

This AAQI mini was started over the summer while I was in Montana.  The top was done as part of my 15 Minutes of Play, and then it went into a pile of tops waiting to be sandwiched.

Anyone who reads my blog frequently knows that I am not comfortable with free motion quilting....to say the least.  However, I realize the only way to get better is to actually just do it.  So I tried my hand with quilting some hearts in the border using a variegated thread...not bad for a first attempt.

The rest of the quilting was done with white thread echoing the cross a couple of times and then doing some loops.  The binding was machine stitched.

I experimented with different photo locations in my front yard.  I love the old trees we have, but the shade really messes with the exposure ;-)

I finished my But I have nothing to wear! quilt.  I just love this pattern.  {Thanks again Mrs. Moen!}  I had fun picking out the dress fabrics and quilting the straight lines with multi colored variegated thread.

My machine and I had issues when it came to quilting the words.  I ended up switching to a different variegated thread and that seemed to do the trick.  This picture was taken before all the binding had been hand sewn to the back...wanted to take advantage of the sunlight.

Here's the back.  Again, I just love this fun backing fabric.  At the last minute I remembered to add my Rene' creates tag.

The third quilt I worked on was this wheelchair quilt for our guild's charity project.  I don't have an updated picture, but yesterday I cut the backing, layered, basted and quilted about a third of the top.

What did you finish this week?  Have you added it to Amy's Sew and Tell Friday?  I've been remiss lately on checking all the links, but plan to rectify that starting now.  I love the motivation Amy provides each week to get things done, the inspiration gleamed from other Sew and Tell Friday bloggers and the warm and fuzzy feeling I get from reading encouraging comments!

Have an amazing weekend!!!