The weather may be cooler in May but my sewing machine has been running hot.
There's nothing like a deadline to get things done! I finished another baby quilt before the baby turns one. I knew I'd be seeing the parents, and the baby, at my granddaughter's birthday party on the 31st May, so pushed to finish off Norah's quilt. Happy enough with how it turned out.
I had debated adding a narrower stop border between the top and the green but, after looking at photos of similar quilts on Pinterest, thought that wasn't needed. The quilt is still a decent enough size. Some free motion quilting around the flower and the name but otherwise a serpentine stitch across each section of the jelly rolls.
Finished size: 58" x 71”. All fabric from my stash, using a Moda jelly roll and adding a few 2.5" strips from my strip box. Backing is a nice piece of wideback, also used for the border. The binding is made from strips not used from the jelly roll.
While I was on a roll, sandwiching Norah's quilt on my sandwich table (aka folding table tennis table), I sandwiched several other quilts. I'll show these as I finish quilting them - hopefully in the next month.
I'm still plugging away at the Quatro quilt. I completed these flowers (as I call them) while on holiday earlier in May.
I will lay out the quilt this week and work out where each of the flowers go in the current round, and sew that round down before going on to complete any more flowers.
May 2026 fabric tally
Finishes this month: Norah's quilt = 6.5 m
Purchases this month: 0 m (I'm continuing to feel virtuous 😇😂)
Fabric used: - 6.5 m Fabric acquired: + 0 m
Running tally for 2026: - 13.5 m
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