Ruffled Floribunda complete!

Well, I met my goal of finishing Floribunda by the end of the month. The ruffle edge is a win!

My first ruffled quilt!

I am on the home stretch today with Floribunda.  It is  not a large quilt, but it served it's purpose of ridding my stash of some floral fabric. I also was able to use up some wool batting pieces that were trimmed off other quilts.  So why not do something new and exciting when it came to finishing it.  I have  never used a ruffler foot, so why not give it  a try.   After watching a you tube video on how to use it, I made what seems like yards and yards of ruffles.

I must say I am pleased at the results, and it was fun to do something different.  Although, it is a lot more work than a regular binding, but it is worth the effort. I have three sides of the backing turned under and stitched so hopefully today I can finish the final side.

 Then I will get out my hexie box. I need more background hexies to complete my six sided shape.  I had to undo one flower this week as I was off according to my map, so I didn't get as much done as I had hoped but it is coming along.

Floribunda

Winter is still in full session! Hopefully the groundhog will bring us some good news.  I really can't complain, as we are only getting rain out of this last storm, and we really can use the rain.  I feel for all you that are surrounded by snow, I know scooping those driveways must get old.

Today I am going to enjoy some hand quilting on my Floribunda quilt. This is a quilt that Bonnie Hunter saw in an antique shop, made with a  block called Jacob's Ladder.  It perked my interest because it was a great solution to use up the floral fabric in my stash., The original quilt was paired with a solid yellow, since mine was a stash buster, I paired mine with a solid green that I had on hand.

So today, while most will be watching to see what Punxsutawney Phil will predict, or maybe watch the Superbowl.  I will be slow stitching and ending my evening with an episode of Downton Abbey.  As usual I will be linking up with Kathy to see what others who choose to stitch will be doing today.