A Finish: Swoon Sailboat Quilt

Sailing Away! Swoon Sailboat Quilt is finished!

 

I love this quilt, especially the classic color combination of red, white and blue!  I was lucky enough to send this quilt to be quilted by Crinkle Love using the Baptist fan motif.  I love how the quilting makes it look like the waves of the ocean.  Doesn't it make you want to sail away?

See previous post here about the mini swoon block and it's transformation into the sailboat if you're curious.

Plus, if you're still curious... I had a few outtakes from the quilt photo shoot in our new backyard (that needs some lovin').  I have to say that one of my favorite hashtags is "#husbandsholdingquilts" Check it out on social media! 

QMQ Quilted Name Tag

The last week I've made some slow, but steady progress on a few projects.  Two of them are gifts, and well, I'm not very good at surprises.  Are you?

Truly, I am doing to try my best to keep them under wraps.  Just ask my sister, I am horrible at keeping gifts a secret.  I'm typically so excited about the gift that I just can't help but share / give the gift early.  Any one else struggle with this?

However I have a small project that I can share today: my quilted name tag.

For the past year or so, I've debated joining my local Modern Quilt Guild.  It's always been appealing, but there's always an excuse or two that's kept me from joining. However, last week I took the plunge!

In my excitement, and to help calm some nerves, I made myself a simple quilted name tag for my first meeting.

It features a few of my favorites things:
1. Blue
2. Bonnie & Camille Fabric
3. Blue
4. Simple quilting
5. Hand-sewn binding

I even tried embroidery, which is a new technique for me.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with it!