June Mini

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!

Obviously, I'm a little late with my June Montly Mini. 

After my vacation, which was immediately followed by guests in my sewing room, I was so itching to sew something I actually started three little quilts at once. Two planned, and one that "just happened". I got the binding stitched down on the first one a couple nights ago (more on the other two next time) but my husband was monopolizing the computer, so I failed to post. I did try to do it on my ipad, but things weren't working out too well there, so it had to wait another day. 

Without further ado, here's my finished mini for June:

The yellows and the green are from Sheryl Johnson's Veridians and Ambers. The double pink I found in my stash.

The back is an old classic from my stash. All hand quilted, as you can see. I haven't washed this yet, as I'm enjoying a "smooth" look for now. I will try to tag on another picture once its properly crinkled up.

The inspiration is an antique doll quilt, which I found on Pinterest.

I actually have a tiny bit of the that green, which I gleaned from a cutter top a few years ago. Look closely and you can see that the maker turned it over to the "wrong" side for the binding. They look like two different fabrics, both usable as "right" if you know what I mean. I may have one or two 1 1/2' squares left of it. Oh how I wish I had just a teeny scrap more! (or a whole bolt) 

Before I forget, here's the link to The Constant Quilter (Wendy's blog) for more Montly Minis. Check it out! 

Meanwhile, I finally put the finishing touches on my Pandemic Quilt, which as you may recall was a virtual round robin with my "beach" group (so named because for the past several years - up until Covid - we rented a beach house for our annual quilt retreat.) 

I'm calling this my Moda Medallion because most of the fabrics came out of my Moda bin - which of course are not necessarily all Moda, but whatever. Years ago I would have custom quilted this by hand, as that would be the most fitting, IMO. However, these days my hand quilting is restricted to small projects such as doll quilts. This will go to a long-arm quilter - I'm thinking an overall small stipple - then will be donated to charity.

Next up are finishing up a few quilts for the VA, and then I want to get started on a Quilt of Valor for my brother in law, who served (and was injured) in Vietnam. Maybe I'll make a few stars this evening, just to celebrate the day!

love,

Sandy