Rose Star Mini Quilt - Finished

I went ahead and made a mini quilt out of my most recent rose star block, thinking it would look cute on the wall in my sewing room (once I get it back) or on the center of a table in case that never happens.

I echo quilted it, 1/8in from the seam on one side, 1/4in on the other. Why? Because I messed up and didn't notice right away. By the time I figured it out I decided to just keep going and pretend I'd done it that way on purpose (oops, so much for that plan).

I have a scrolly/swirly black and white dot print (by Alexander Henry maybe?) and thought it would look cool as binding. I was right (duh) and I'm super happy with how it turned out.

The back is leftover sheet material that my mom found at a thrift shop. It's 100% cotton and I used most of it for the backing on my punctuation quilt. I just need to put binding on and that one will be finished. I guess I should get on that...

I'd like to give a shout out to my pal, Elizabeth! She wrote a killer sweet post where she linked back to my blog not once, not twice but THREE times, lol! I was über pleased and am stoked she's joined in on the EPP bandwagon. Do yourself a favor and go check out her blog, Occasional Piece.

Okie dokie that's all for now. I'm linking up with:
Megan's {sew} modern Monday
Elizabeth's Little Quilt Monday
Quilt Story's Fabric Tuesday

Thanks for stopping by!

Starflower Table Topper

   

My friends are tying the knot at the end of the month, and they just bought their first house! I made them this table topper as a housewarming gift. The bride's favorite color is orange. I guess everyone else knew this too, because the new house has been stockpiled with orange towels, orange dishes, orange everything. The groom even got an orange bbq grill. Thus, my table topper definitely goes with the decor. 

These pics were taken on the patio table on the deck in their backyard. I'm quite jealous of this deck because it makes you feel like you're in a tree house, and I just so happen to love tree houses. I'd live in one if I could.

I stumbled across this tutorial over at Ellison Lane Quilts, and used it as a guide. I don't recall what size squares I started with, but it finished up at about 22 inches. On my first quilt I did stitch in the ditch quilting, but this time I echoed the seams, and I like it better. I'm trying out quilter jargon and hopefully not butchering it too badly :D

Here's a look at the backing. I pieced it together from the leftover scraps, which was annoying. I didn't have enough of the tan to do the whole thing. It was a last minute project so I didn't want to bother with binding. I just made the backing big enough to fold in on itself and then over again to the front and machine stitched it down. Blasphemous, I know. But I was lazy and in a huge hurry and it works. So there!