Leftovers

Here is a project that's been done for quite a while, but I just hadn't posted it yet. Back when I made Dragonflies & Butterflies, I had some squares left over. I decided to make a checkerboard design.

To get perfect points, I tried a trick where I ironed the squares onto a single piece of white and then sewed seems into that. It worked very well except that the fusing web I used was too heavy-duty. In order to reach full crib-size, I used some leftover fabric from the back of D&B and some yellow from another project from long ago.



Many moons ago, I machine quilted for the first time on a full-sized quilt. It sucked. Since then, I hadn't tried it. Then I got the walking foot. After the ease of Variegated Texture 2, I thought I'd give machine quilting another try. Sure enough - it is loads easier with the walking foot.

My one design regret with this one is that the purple backing fabric shows through the yellow. The batting and the yellow fabric were both too thin. Hopefully, I can find an owner who won't be bothered by it as much as me.