Single Girl, 3 complete!

I have just sewn my first 3 rings together of my Single Girl!  I know according to the quilt along, I am not staying on schedule, BUT that's nothin' new for me ;-)  I am enjoying sewing this quilt together much more than I anticipated.  All of the curves seemed intimidating, but it really hasn't been too bad.  Some un-sewing of course, but overall, not any more than usual!  LOL

It is a difficult quilt to photograph for me, though.  All of the blocks are huge, and this isn't the best picture, I'd agree.  I did use a 1/2 seam allowance to sew them together, and I pressed the seams open just when sewing the blocks together.  I'm not sure if that means I'm committing quilt blasphemy, but I guess I like to live dangerously.  HA!

Single Girl-ing

Got the last of the ring quarters complete... Next step is to get them pieced together.  I have most of the background pieces cut out, just a few more.  When I was cutting them last week, I just couldn't finish in time.  I was trying to get the big girl's quilt finished, so I have a reason for getting side tracked! LOL

I just had to post a picture of the pips!  They are adorable!  I finally unwrapped the package, and can't wait to use them...  Have to stay on track with the single girl.

Oh, and I replaced my old iron with this new beauty!  It was on sale at Target, and it is sooo great. My old one was spitting and leaking all over everything.  I'm pretty sure I bought my old Rowenta when it when I started quilting, around 7 years ago~  

This one gets super HOT, and has tons of steam.  There's nothing better than pressing with a new iron!  

A Birthday Finish

My little girl is getting BIG!   She turned 9 years old yesterday, so I made a stern effort last week to finish this quilt for her...

A few lessons learned, as with every new project.  As you can see this bright and beautiful minky dot is great for softness and warmth, it is not so great for quilting and binding!   I had a really difficult time getting the fabric to grip the feed dogs, and there is one area that puckered on the back from stretching.  Binding?  I should have attached it to the minky back, and then hand sewn it to the cotton.  Lessons learned.  Honestly though, I probably will not use it for a quilt back again any time soon.  You can see it's already well loved, so in the end, that's really all that matters!

A view of the front, it was too rainy and dark to get a good picture of the quilting, all over stipple, with a loop-de-loop in the first border.  And even the pup got a little love with it!  They always try to sneak a corner of any quilt being used, but how can you blame them when they are soooo cute?

                                  

Now to get back to my Single Girl.... and a yummy FQ stack of Sherbet Pips!  So excited to finally see it in person!