Ooooops...I Did It Again...

Quote for the Day:

"Blessed are the children of the piecemakers for they shall inherit the quilts"

~author unknown

I have two finishes to share today...but one of them was completely finished in December and should have been listed in the last post as a 2016 finish.  

This one...what I call "Shades of Brown"...
When I got my new Tin Lizzie sit-down machine in December, I wanted to take it for a test run but didn't have a quilt sandwiched and ready to go.  Besides, I really didn't want to use a "real quilt" for the test run.  Fortunately, I had this quilt sandwich in my stash...something that was in a tote of fabric I purchased one time.  It's not my colors and it really wasn't pieced very accurately, so I don't know why I didn't just pitch it...but I'm glad I didn't.

I pulled it out and just did some outline quilting and meandering on it to get the feel of my new machine...

It turned out pretty well because I was able to "quilt out" the inaccuracies and able to make it lay flat.  It's just a throw size, so I decided that I will send it off to Quilts For Kids (quiltsforkids.org).  It will make a nice quilt for a boy and hopefully help him feel loved.

The second quilt was A-L-M-O-S-T completed in 2016...I had to finish up about 1.5 hours of machine binding on Jan. 1, 2017.  So "technically" it is a 2017 finish.  It was the second quilt I completed on the Tin Lizzie!

My grandson, Clark, turns three this June and I have a tradition of making the grandkids a "big bed" (twin) quilt for their third birthday.  Clark is all about Superman and Batman...but more about Superman...so I made him a Superman quilt.  I designed it myself using EQ7, so if anyone who uses EQ7 is interested in the pattern, I can send you the file.

Close-up of the quilting...

The Superman fabric that is the center of the star blocks and the border...

I like to use up the left-over fabrics to piece the back because I'm really trying to clean out my stash.  By the time I've made a quilt, I've tired of the fabric...so this way I get to use it up and move it out!!!

BUT...I had let Batman make a showing on the quilt, too...he's on the back...

Close-up of the quilting on the back...

I don't have a good camera, so it's hard to get a good picture of the label...

I do have plenty of Superman fabric leftover, so I think I'll make another quick quilt using it and send it to Quilts for Kids, too.  You know...to get rid of the fabric!  

Loretta