Hello? Spring? Where did you go?

 Hello again, 

Remember when I wrote last week that Spring was looming just around the corner? Well, I was WRONG! Today we woke up to a  layer of fresh SNOW and ICE... I guess I should look on the bright side and be happy that the puppies will not be tracking in any MUD today ;).

We are in the last week of the February sewalong and today's instructions are super simple:  Finish up your quilt, if you haven't done so already. 

To finish up my quilt,  I quilted it in loopsy-doopsies ( not a professional term, but that is what I call these) , using my free-motion foot and lowered feed dogs. 

I also free-motioned around my daisies to make them stand out a bit more. You can see the design way better on the back of the quilt! 

Looks almost professional, doesn't it? :)

Here is another look:

By the way, how cute is that backing fabric with the names of quilt shops all over??

Next, I squared it up ( here is a link to a tutorial on how to do this: https://tinyurl.com/mr3k4fu4) , and  then made binding.

I like to cut my binding 2.5 inches wide, but others like to go skinnier. You choose what you prefer. Here is a great tutorial on how to make continuous binding: https://www.farmandfolk.com/blog/2019/11/13/quilt-binding-tutorial.

For my binding I found this great print that had all kinds of farmhouse words....perfect, don't you agree?

When I finished hand sewing my binding to the back, I made a label and attached that ( I know! Don't fall off your seats now!).

Labels are really easy to do and it is just plain laziness on my part that I don't add labels to my quilts more often. You can buy premade labels, you can use iron on transfers to make labels, or you can print your text off on a computer, trace it onto some muslin with a permanent marker, add a border and sew it down ( that last one is usually my choice). Here is a quick and easy tutorial for a label: https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/labeling-your-quilt/.

Here is the information I included on my label: 

And there you have it, all done!

 

I hope you have enjoyed sewing along and I encourage you to share your results with me, either in the FB group ( you can find me here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1790902080964624), or via email ( link is under the Contact Me tab in the sidebar or by clicking here: https://myfarmhousequilts.blogspot.com/p/contact-me-hi-there-if-you-would-like.html ) because I always LOVE seeing the different interpretations of a pattern!

Take care, and until next time~happy creating!

Monique