UFO Finished!

Yesterday I finished the free-motion quilting on this project and began hand sewing the binding. Finished the binding watching the morning shows and football (temporarily changed allegance and rooted for the Vikings!).

This is one of the reasons I made the commitment to learn free-motion quilting. I pieced this little quilt perhaps three years ago. So long ago I've forgotten where I got the pattern. The fabric was leftovers from my Christmas Cat quilt (still not finished ... waiting for the skill to improve more). It's been sitting in one of several UFO piles.

This combines straight line and free-motion quilting. I secured the gold border using stitch in the ditch. The red and floral blocks had straight line stitching. The free-motion stitching was leaves in the gold areas and then flowers in the brown blocks and around the quilt in the red border. I used gold-orange-red varigated thread.

I'm really pleased with the result!

I'm going to use this as a table topper and concert picnic quilt. I've named it "The Haiti Quilt" as the colors remind me of the Caribbean and much of the free-motion quilting was completed while watching the news coverage of the horrific earthquake destruction in Haiti.

If anyone recognizes the pattern/designer, please let me know so I can offer attribution adn thanks for a great pattern.