The Spunky Diva

Here are photos of the completed Fresh Flowers Quilt with fabrics from Moda.  I still have to finish quilting the layers, but all the pieces are together. It does not have a traditional binding.  I wanted the backing fabric to ‘wrap-around’ to the front side.  So, I attached the backing {with the batting attached} to the pieced front, with the ruffle insertion attached, leaving an opening to turn the quilt inside out.  I then closed both ends when I attached the silky, carrot fabric.  Flipped the quilt inside out, sewed down both sides along the ruffle, and now it is ready to be quilted. I just love these fabrics.  The printed text fabrics are just lovely.  Wordy = cute! Linking up with: Mid-Week Mingle Follow My Back Tuesday Santa's Gift Shoppe Blog Hop Making the World Cuter Monday Pink Hippo Party at Pinkapotamus Take A Look Tuesday at SugarBee Crafts Get Your Craft On at Today's Creative Blog

For Ms. Diva’s Fresh Flowers Quilt with fabric from Moda, I am adding a band of pieced fabric to tie in the patchwork from the front of the quilt into the back piece.  It seems to be a common theme in lots of quilts today.  Personally I think it adds some spunk to an otherwise blank canvas.  I also have plenty of left over ‘bricks’ from the front to use for this back band of fabric.  So… it is a win-win. To add some more yellow to the border of the band {which is primarily blue and red} I picked out a sunny yellow embroidery thread, and then used my machine’s triple stitch {set at 2.5 stitch length} to sew along and define a border. This is a technique I have picked up from purse making, and as an added bonus… it not only adds style, but also durability to the seam by catching the ends of all the bricks and reinforcing the seam. I can’t wait to get this quilt finished!!! Plant a Seed at Punkin Seeds Boost My Blog at Design It Chic Macro Friday at Blogging fro...

The quilt top has gone from this sneak peak shot... To this... I love the orange silky fabric and the fun pleated trim I found at Hobby Lobby... The fabrics used in this quilt top are Fresh Flowers from Moda .  This entire quilt top was pieced together using a Jelly Roll, and there is still fabric left over to add a piecing strip to the quilt back.