Picnic in City Weekend - Finished!

I'm so delighted with how this quilt turned out.  I was a little blah about it while it was coming together (I think I was just in a funk that had nothing to do with the quilt itself), but now I love it.

The pattern is called "Picnic," and it is from Kim Brackett's Scrap-Basket Sensations: More Great Quilts from 2 1/2" Strips.  I pieced it using a jellyroll of City Weekend by Oliver + S, along with some Kona white yardage.  The finished size is relatively small, 48" x 60", which is perfect for a picnic quilt.  I didn't take any pictures of the back, but it is the same aqua with polka dots that you see in some of the blocks.

I wanted to keep the quilting simple, as I'm sure this quilt will get much use, so I used an all-over pattern called "rose stipple." I'm totally loving the long-arm quilting now, and this pattern was the perfect break from some of the complex free-motion work I had been doing both personally and at MQX.

 As a last note, I picked up Superior Threads So Fine to try out, based on reviews from a number of professional long-arm quilters. It's a polyester thread that is extremely thin so the idea is to add texture with the quilting while allowing the thread to disappear into the background. Even being as fine as it is, it is an amazingly strong thread, and I give it a definite thumbs-up. It is, indeed, so fine.

WIP Wednesday

We are having some computer issues, so I'm posting from my phone! Sorry the photo is not so great, but here is my progress for the past two weeks: City Weekend Picnic top pieced and waiting to be quilted!

I'm linking up to WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced!  I'm scheduled to do some fun quilt-y things over the next few days, so hopefully our new computer will be up and running by then so I can post.  More soon!

WIP Wednesday

After you finish a project, do you get that feeling of being completely deflated? I sorta feel like that now, after having finished my 100 Quilts for Kids project. It's probably because I pushed really hard to finish it, and now I don't know what to do with myself. I have a couple of ongoing projects, but I'm feeling a little blah about them right now. These are my blocks for "Picnic," from More Scrap Basket Sensations. I've got about 70 more of these blocks to make, and they're proceeding somewhat slowly. (Too much fall television on right now in the evenings!)  The fabric is City Weekend by Oliver + S.  There are also pinks and yellows in this collection, but I haven't quite gotten there yet!

My other project is actually a "leaders and enders" project.  I've got a tidy little pile of these bow tie blocks going but not quite enough to put together yet!



I'm linking up today to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced!