Allô and welcome 😊 The week has rushed by and I worked on many different things. No Cowboy quilt this week - it and I are taking a break! Here's the project that I finished this week.
Teal Cuddle Quilt
The Table Scraps Challenge for August is Aqua. I always have to look up this colour and substitute teal in my head - let's face it, aqua means water, so there are lots of colours that could fit. I'm not great at identifying colours (as my youngest adult child will confirm), so I tend to ignore fancy names and subtleties in colours. For some reason, teal I know, so there it is!
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| Teal cuddle or BB quilt - all washed and cuddly |
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| The back of the teal cuddle quilt, and a loon! |
It's raining out and my quick attempt at taking artsy pictures wasn't great. No worries, the quilt is done on time for the Table Scraps Challenge and I hope to bring it in to our guild in a couple of weeks.
These photos were taken last week as I Poppy sat and hand-stitched the binding.
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| Hand stitching the binding |
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| Poppy, wondering what I'm up to! |
You probably didn't notice but I hand-stitched the binding before I FMQ the border. I find this really useful to do since I don't cut away any FMQ as I square up the quilt and add the binding.
This time, I also sewed down the binding after I had hand-stitched it. This ensures that my hand-stitches last longer. I know that it's an extra step but when I just machine stitch the binding, there's always overhang at the back. At least now the overhang is hand-stitched in place.
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| FMQ the border with vines and leaves |
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| The binding is also machine stitched from the front. You can see the FMQ from the back |
What I learned
- Every time I bind a quilt, I have to look up how wide to make the binding. I'm including this here so that I can look it up the next time! I used a 2½" binding. I think that a 2" binding would have been better. I'll try that next time.
- For a quilt that might be washed a lot, machine stitching the binding down makes me feel better about the binding staying together. I will probably keep machine stitching it after hand-stitching, unless I get the correct width of the binding!
- It was a lot of fun FMQ the orange peel design but the quilt didn't have that many squares. I'll have to consider using smaller squares for more FMQ orange peel fun!😍
- I'm really happy to have made another BB or cuddle quilt. It's such a fun project and it will get used eventually.
Related links
- Scrappy Purple BB Quilt Finish and FM Mavericks, July 31, 2025
- Self-care and Free Motion Mavericks, March 28, 2025
- Progress on the Small Blue Scrappy Quilt, March 13, 2025
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties, including Favorite Finish and the Table Scraps August Challenge. Check out some of these parties and remember to link up below! Monday Musings, Design Wall Monday, Sew & Tell, Put your foot down, Needle & Thread Thursday, Off The Wall Friday, Finished (Or Not) Friday, Beauties Pageant, TGIFF, Patchwork & Quilts, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2025, Oh Scrap!,
Free Motion Mavericks
Welcome to week 546 of Free Motion Mavericks! Thank you all for linking up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.
Kat of Scrapbox Quilts finished two baby quilts last week. Kat made Strip Tango and FMQ it with curvy strings with loops and some stars. She gave this one to a neighbour for her granddaughter, while Scrappy Red Bricks was quilted for her guild's community programs.
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| Strip Tango made and FMQ by Kat |
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| Kat quilted Scrappy Red Bricks for her guild |
Gwyned Trefethen is still at it, FMQ her Rainbow Scraps Challenge quilt. Check out her post to see how she averted disaster on her latest machine embroidery project!
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| Gwyned Trefethen FMQ her Rainbow Scraps Challenge quilt |
Vicki of Vicki's Crafts and Quilting has been very busy making and FMQ more runners! Here are a few - you'll want to check out her post to get a better look at these and the others!
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| One of Vicki's latest runner - what fun FMQ |
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| Cute fall table topper by Vicki |
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| Fun fall runner by Vicky |
Gail of Quilting Gail had a lovely purple butterfly quilt finish! Gail used the Rocket ruler for the straight lines and FMQ the curves and swirls.
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| The butterfly quilt by Gail |
Melva of Melva Loves Scraps finished her scrappy Hawaiian quilt. What fun! Check out her post to see the back of the quilt 😀
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| Melva's scrappy Hawaiian quilt |
It's now your turn!
The cuddle quilt is very cute, it will be loved. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Gretchen - and thanks for linking up. :-)
DeleteAqua is a color that I equate to teal, too. Your cuddle quilt looks great and I'll be curious to learn what you think of 2" binding strips. Thanks for linking up with Favorite Finish!
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ReplyDeleteThat is interesting that you don't quilt the border until after the quilt is bound. I get why, but I'm curious as to how you secure threads. I flow in from the raw edges and that way the ends are encased within the binding! As for binding, I always do 2.25" double-fold. I find 2.5" is too wide.
ReplyDeleteYour aqua cuddle quilt is beautiful and will be loved! :)
ReplyDeleteSuper cute cuddle quilt, Andree! I'm the same with color identification and have trouble distinguishing certain hues. AQUA is a big challenge, but you really made it work for your TABLE SCRAPS Challenge entry. Scraps with hot colors really brought home this month's theme!
ReplyDeleteThat is a really cute little quilt! I love the squares that look like a child's drawings. That's going to be a well-loved quilt!
ReplyDeleteTon BB quilt est adorable ! J'aime beaucoup les couleurs. Bravo pour le quilting, et la finition terminée à la main. Merci pour le partage ! Bises
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely quilt and it's a really good idea of yours to bind before quilting the border :)
ReplyDeleteA very lovely baby quilt no matter what color it is!
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