Hi Everyone!
Sorry I am so very far behind. I have been so incredibly busy at work! I actually had this step completed on time, but trying to get a photograph and get a blog post done about it was near impossible.
I've got my quilt top put together. I am happy with how it turned out. How's yours coming along? I need to get over to the Flickr page and see what everyone's up to.
I have been thinking about how to bind this, and I have a whole bunch of red binding already made up and left over from another quilt. It's acutally the red with white flowers you see in the tree in the third row from the bottom. Score! I think I have enough to go around this quilt (and then some). I am so excited to be able to use binding from my stash and something that will go so nicely with this quilt.
I see some of you are adding borders. I haven't decided yet about that. Need to think about that some more.
I am sorry I'm behind on drawing names from Weeks 2 and 3 on Flickr. I hope to get that done today!
Are you ready for the next step?
Okay, the next thing we're going to do is baste the quilt and do your quilting on it. I think I will spray baste mine, since it's so small. I'm really stumped on how to quilt it, though. Any ideas? I know Linda is feeling the same way.
In the sample on Purl Bee, the quilting is just "in the ditch" between the blocks. I'm thinking about something that looks like garland on the tree blocks and something that looks like snow falling on the white blocks. What do you think??? What are you going to do?
Okay, so the idea is that we'll have this whole thing quilted and bound by October 7. So, the plan was to give you a week to get it quilted. I know some of you are doing larger quilts, however. So, what we're going to do is one last giveaway for people who are finished and have a photo posted on Flickr by October 7 at 11:59 pm. It's a secret, so just work hard to get in on the giveaway action.
We'll post Step 6 later this week (which will be to bind, label [optional], and get any kind of hanging sleeve or tabs put on).
Hope you are enjoying this quilt along! I sure appreciate all your help. I definitely would have procrastinated on this had I not felt like I needed to keep things moving for everyone. So, a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you for helping me stay on task!
Can't wait to see what you're making!
Until next time,
Mama Pea
Yours is so cute! I just won a FQ bundle of Christmas fabric. Perhaps I should get started on one ;)
Posted by: Jana | September 26, 2011 at 12:24 PM
This has turned out so lively with your bright colors. I do like it as a wallhanging without a border as it has simple clean lines.
Posted by: Linda in Calif. | September 26, 2011 at 12:59 PM
sooooo cute!!! Nice job!!
Posted by: Brooke | September 26, 2011 at 01:10 PM
Well, I'm not doing this one, but yours is so cute! I love this and all those happy colors :)
Posted by: Sue | September 26, 2011 at 01:59 PM
I love your quilt. I like how you have placed the trees and their bright colors. Great job!
Posted by: Caroll D | September 26, 2011 at 05:43 PM
Very cute! And binding from stash - score!
Posted by: Lynn | September 26, 2011 at 09:48 PM
Hey Mama Pea,
I hope everyone doesn't mind, but I had to scale my project back to the wall hanging for now. I.....um.....kinda.....well, you know.....ran out of background fabric.....and I don't remember where I bought it from.
I check my local JoAnn's and I don't see it there. My Walmart has fabric again, I will check there, but I think it was at Hobby Lobby that I got it, and that is an hour away, a planned day trip that can only happen on Saturday, because they are not open on Sunday.
Posted by: Peggy Plumley | September 27, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Love it! The red dotted fabric in the third row is my vote for the binding.
I have mine done, but need to get pictures taken and posted. Had a great time with the project.
Posted by: BarbU | September 27, 2011 at 09:45 PM
Hello Hello Hello SIS, I'm back! This little tree project is the one that took me down.:( bummer. Remember how I told you that I tried to get on Flicker and had an alert? Well, 25 days and $420 later, I now have a new hard drive, misc,and printer that a Trojan virus added to that Flicker.
I see you have added new things to your site and I now have 25 days of 'catch-up'. I still want to make my tree hanging but I will send you pics -I will not attempt Flicker again. yikes!!
Posted by: Linda Huebner | September 28, 2011 at 12:36 AM
Cute, Cute, Cute.
Posted by: Deb | September 28, 2011 at 01:14 AM