Ticker Tape

Another finish & tutorial I never wrote up.

Rainbow Ticker Tape

Pictures are dated July 2012 
This is made from rainbow charms from a 2012 swap.

 Cut charms in half

 Then random thirds

 Layout placement of colors, I used 1 yard of black as the background

 Pin

 I left a space for a label

 Used the letter feature on my machine along with some stabilizer

 After I finished I realized I messed up a tad, I didnt stitch my pieces down through the layers of top/batting/backing
I suggest this to be done if you give it a try.

again I made a mistake,
here you see my finish as a turn and top stitch.
I used velour as the backing

 Time to trim those strings

 All those strings actually look kinda pretty to me

 Coordinating Rabbit

 Rolled all pretty

 A card to go with :)

scrappy charm coasters

These are quick and easy and great for those left over charm squares.
I admit these were needed as I seem to have coffee cups & water glasses breeding in my office/sewing room.

 9- 5 in charm squares will make 4 coasters

 cut all in half

 arrange three piles of three halves

 sew together

 cut in half again

 arrange into 9 patch

 sew together

 I arranged each one differently

 cut batting to size and backing an inch bigger on all sides

quilt as desired and use backing as binding

linking to
 Freemotion on the River Linky Party Tuesday
Fresh Squeezed Fabrics Show & Tell Tuesday
Quilt Story Fabric Tuesday

Rainbow Love ~ Finished!!!

On Tuesday I posted my WIP then went to town on the quilting.

I did change out the second to last row to include a rainbow of charms.

As for quilting I straight stitched the width of the foot all throughout the heart.

 I changed the thread to coordinate per section. Pink for the pink & red, yellow for the orange & yellow, green on green, blue for blue & purple. I then stitched a grid on the black to mimic the charms, so every 4.5in per say, then did a diagonal across to finish it all off.

On the black I used a Rainbow thread as well as on the back. I did the binding with the backing.

This sucker is huge for me. 67.5in prior washing.

The note book writings afterward

Washed, folded, sitting pretty

linking to Finish it up Friday