New Year's Day - UFO Check

It's finally done...yeh! I'm so thrilled to have Baby G's quilt completed. That makes 8 out of 9 projects that I finished for Joy in the New Year Challenge hosted by Jacquie at Tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com. I was hoping to check this quilt off my UFO list but I didn't get it done until this morning.

I used 2 1/4 inch binding strips for this quilt and the final size came out as 63.5 x 73.5 ... lots of crinkly goodness. All I can say is that I definitely enjoyed doing the machine binding. I do not like to hand sew so it was a life saver! It was my first time doing it and I'll never go back:)

Did you get all of your UFOs done? Hope so...feels so good...now I can plan for some new projects.

I couldn't resist going outside to take some pictures of Baby G's quilt. Looked very pretty in the white white snow. It's a winter wonderland here today and I love it! Makes it very cozy!

I Love A Pieced Back

I'm in limbo right now because I want to finish my quilt back but I don't have my fabric yet. I should be getting my batting on Monday from my Mom so that will be good. However, I do have my back completely planned in my mind. I took a few minutes today to add some white sashing to my leftover strips. At first I thought I would orient the strip across the width but I think now I'm going to have it run vertically. I'll be using Amy Butler Full Moon Dots in Orange for the rest of the back...and the binding - I want some sort of stripe so I think I'll be using her Midwest Modern Orange Dahlia ripple stripe. So in the meantime, I'm going to enjoy this beautiful sunny day - hope you are too!

Fabric Choices - Help!! (Old Red Barn Co. Quilt-along)

Okay, so I am seriously behind with the Old Red Barn Co. Quilt-along but I am determined to catch up and make a beautiful quilt....only thing is - I need help with my fabric choices/colours! Pinks and oranges have been my choice, but unfortunately when I ordered some of the Lizzy House Red Letter Day fabric in Feather, the colours do not match. It's so hard to tell online...so I had to dig into my stash and found the Denyse Schmidt print...however don't have a complete 1/2 yard but really close. I'm unsure of the Sandy Gervais print (2nd last one on top right of the picture) and definitely unsure of the Amy Butler garden maze (bottom middle) as it has greens in it and it might stand out too much? I need your help! I also purchased some of the Erin McMorris print but the pink is a bit off (bottom left)....I honestly get too caught up in my fabric choices....So what do I do? Which one of the bottom three would you use: Heather Ross, Amy Butler or Erin McMorris? Please comment soon so I can get busy sewing!!! Thanks!!