Just In Time!

 I finished my Mercyful Quilt just in the nick of time.  

The final link-up is on this Sunday over at Bernie's blog (Needle and Foot). I knew I needed to buckle down and I am pleased I actually met the deadline.

I started out making green blocks but quickly found out I did not have a bunch of large scraps.  I used the method Preeti shared on her blog.  So next I had to dig into my blue scraps.  I found the same problem there.

I dug into my purple bin and found enough scraps to finish the blocks I needed.  I decided to keep the background really scrappy.  I shared how I went about doing that in this post.

I tried to initially scatter the three colors but I really didn't like how it looked. (Sorry, no photo.)  So I decided to group the colors diagonally.  I thought I would go with that layout and I am really pleased with how it turned out.

I quilted it with a grid using a serpentine line.  The block design makes this quilting really easy.  I found an old green print for the back and used some striped scraps for the binding.  I had some bold blue, green and purple stripe prints but none of them were big enough for the entire quilt.  So I attached them together so they would fall around the quilt close to those colors.  It worked perfectly!

I will be sending this quilt off next week.  A big thanks to Bernie and Pretti for hosting the event and to all the sponsors who donated prizes.

Next, I am going to focus on my Paper-pieced letters (for my show booth banner) and my June UFO quilt.  I hope both of those projects become finishes soon too.

Have a great weekend!

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