Not My UFO

Earlier this year I had no personal UFO's.  That did not mean that I didn't have any UFO's in my closet.  I did have a box of my sister-in-law JoAnn's unfinished projects.  After finishing my great grandmother's quilt, I decided to tackle some of the projects in the box.  

The first one I finished was this small Sunshine and Shadow quilt.  It is about 30 inches square.  All it needed was binding.  Why did it take me so long?  

Then I took four six inch scalloped heart blocks.  

I made a mini quilt with them which now hangs in my studio.  It is about 16 inches square.  

Then I pulled out her Americana quilt.  I added a two inch border, basted it, and quilted it on my domestic sewing machine.  

It is amazing to me how much quilting brings a quilt to life. What was once just a wonky quilt top is now pretty cute.  

JoAnn designed this Americana quilt herself and taught others how to make it when she worked at a quilt shop.  With the border it is about 34 by 38 inches.  

Then I quilted her pineapple quilt on my domestic sewing machine.  She had already marked some feathers on the blocks.  

I added some straight lines and ribbon candy to finish it up.  

The last quilt top in the box was her bargello.  I quilted it on the long arm. 

I tried to free hand the quilting and it got too wobbly. So I quilted most of it with a ruler.  

It looks so pretty all finished.  

There is a queen size quilt which only has a couple blocks sewn still in the box.  It will have to wait until I have more time.  But I'd love to finish it sometime because it is going to be beautiful.  

XX,

Jasmine