Friday Finish - A MMQG Reveal!

Man, it's tough having so many projects in the QPPP these days! But I'm pleased to say that one is finally out and about...

It's the quilt for my swap partner in our Maritime Modern Mini Quilt Swap. I finished it with 4 days to spare! And knocked off one of my three goals for September's ALYOF. Score!
I used variety of quilting patterns, though they're pretty much all straight line with a walking foot. I did think about pebbling all the low volume areas, but there are a lot of seams in this one! And my binding is teal with a pop of lime green and low volume thrown in for fun.

I went for a pieced back... you know, to make it modern!  You can also see the quilting much better from the back... pretty much like always. I opted to put hanging corners on all four sides so that it can be hung however the recipient pleases.

I love this Sun Print Text fabric from Alison Glass. I could use it in pretty much every.... if I had an unlimited supply and all the colours!
Since I wasn't able to blog about the process in real time (oh that pesky QPPP), here are a couple of my fav pics from along the way. Isn't it nice when you can see things coming together?

 Sunshine and scraps...

  I found myself a clever new way to cut a four template pieces at a time. Wonderclips for the win!

 Pins and curves go together like PB and J.

  I even remembered to sew on one of my quilt labels.
Too bad I didn't factor in the hanging corners.

The Deets

Title:  Low Volume Beauty

Size: 22 by 22 inches 
Pattern: NY Beauty Circle of Flying Geese (purchased from Craftsy)

Fabrics Used: exclusively from my scrap bins - lots of teals and low volumes
Quilting: Straight line with walking foot, at times in the ditch, done with Auriful 50 weight 2600 (light grey)
Binding: Teal with a pop of low volume and lime green, hand-stitched with Aurifil 2600
Backing: Pieced from scraps, predominately teal

Favourite Part(s): Challenging myself to make something that would make my partner's eyes light up! And it did!

And what did I get in exchange? Well, 'tis usually better to give than to receive, but maybe not in this case! Stay tuned for next week to see the loveliness that my partner made for me!

I'm linking up today with Finish Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts, as well as TGIFF @ What a Hoot! Quilts.  Pop on over and see some fab finishes... because it's Friday and you deserve it. I can't share the brownies I made this morning (the logistics on baked goods in the mail are a pain), but I can encourage over consumption of quilt blogs!

J