More than my goal!

At the beginning of the month I set a goal for a Lovely Year of Finishes to cut and sew the blocks together for this quilt. Well, I am stoked, as my boys would say that I finished the whole quilt. Cutting, sewing, pin basting, quilting, and binding all done this month. The quilt measures 42" x 54".

 I did echo quilting in the center rectangles and a swirly quilt design around the inner rectangles. You can see the quilting on the back much better. I washed and dried the quilt this morning. I decided to take a picture on the snow.

 I got this echo quilting foot with my new sewing machine. It is a little tricky to use. I think I might use a dab of nail polish to put a dot on the inner circles that are used  for the echo quilting. Those lines are hard to see.

So this is the pattern I used. It is by Stephanie of Loft Creations. You can get the pattern on her Craftsy page, here.

I am linking up my finish on Melissa's blog for this month's Lovely Finish 

and I am also linking up to Elizabeth's blog, Such a Sew and Sew.

 Remember my post about the Twister quilts I finished this month? My friend, Judy, who lives in Illinois let me borrow the templates. Well, she has a loom and she weaves rugs. I finally got her some measurements for some rugs I would like to put in my house. She made me three and they all look like this. Isn't it great? Now I am going to see if she will make one for my sewing room.

With Passion,

Carrie P.