On Americana Day...

My first patriotic quilts!

When I saw Taryn's this little quilt (2nd pic of this post.),

my plan for yesterday afternoon was 

beautifully set! lol

As I haven't made any Americana quilt,

I choose Red, White and Blue,

and added a star block 

to make it looks like patriotic.

I washed the above one, 

then left outside overnight last night,

but I would like to make it 

look a bit more vintage,

so I will wash it again and 

try to scrunch up harder,

then lay in sun to dry.

Then by the time

when I saw this post by TQC,

Ms. Limo and I were still home alone

and being totally bored,

I had to make the above Snowball one, too!

Crafter's ADD!!!

I figured TQC's blocks are 3" finished, 

or they might be only 2"???,

but mines are 4"s.

I've set my plan for this summer

to practice Free motion machine quilting

since some time ago.

But I haven't done much since.

I feel pretty comfortable with 

Stitch-in-the-ditch quilting by machine,

but not really with Free motion at all.

So they are my quick practice pieces

(I don't like practicing on the muslin sandwiches!)

and turned out ok, I think.

Still need a lot more of practice!!!

 

 -- Posted from my iPhone