Quilted, and working on the binding

Here's the hidden wells quilt. I've backed it, quilted it (simple straight line quilting) and now I'm binding it. I'm using lots of pins to see if I can make a machine sewn binding look pretty good. I should be done with it in a few more hours of work, and then it will be ready to go...somewhere.

Done, and I figured out who it is for. It is a little odd, but lately as I've been finishing quilts that have no specific destination, I think of someone and I know that's who it is for. This one is for a niece in California. I just have to get her address and it will be on the way. Here is a link that shows the whole quilt. I forgot to take a picture before I boxed the quilt for sending.

Hidden Wells Done

I found a great purple in my stash. I don't know how it got where it got (it should have been with the kid fabrics) but I found it. I think it works great, and now the top is done. I think this is one I have to quilt soon, because of all the bias edges it may just stretch out of shape if I don't get it quilted. I don't know that I will...I'll leave it up on the design wall a while to see if I get inspired. Probably something very simple.

Hidden Wells

Here is the layout I'm going to use. I don't know what color I'll use for the border, probably a purple.

Hidden Wells-Mock-up

Here is what I think I'm going to do with the strips I have made. I don't know about the color for sure, but I think this might work. I will only be able to make 42 small blocks instead of the 48 that are needed here (unless I can tease out one more strip) so it might be slightly different than this one.

Hmmm, now that I've looked at this one, I realize I can't do it. There are twice as many of the purple blocks as the yellow. I'll have to rework it and see what it might look like. Ah, well. It's late and I'm to bed. (That tells you what late is for me, it's 9:30, ha!)