Inspiration.

I've been waiting to finish this quilt for a while.

Basically because I was stuck.

I didn't know what to bind it in.

At first I thought orange. But it was just way too much orange.

And then I thought maybe the cream color I also used in the quilt.

But I'm not a fan of super-light colored bindings.

I always think they look dirty.

So, since those were the only two colors in the quilt, and I didn't like either of those choices,

I folded it up

and put it on a shelf until inspiration to finish struck.

It struck today.

Meet my inspiration:

Yup, a plate full of cucumbers and dip.

Or, if you're Willow, "cumumbers and dippits".

So, thanks to a handy-dandy afternoon snack,

I decided that some kind of green needed to be the binding for my quilt.

After some auditions, I chose Anna Maria Horner's Polka Line

(can't remember what the color is called-my bad)

And I'm super pumped about the results.

And I'm exciting about the quilting too.

I finally pulled out my quilting guide after 2 years of not using it.

I know, weird.

I usually do straight line quilting on either side of the seams.

Or I used tape to mark my lines.

But today, I went with the guide and I forgot how much I love it.

For the backing I used a fun

orange and cream striped fabric from my stash that I think I got at the Goodwill forever ago.

Or a garage sale.

Can't remember... anyways, it's SUPER soft.

SUPER. soft.

Quilt stats:

"Hunting Camp"

(because it reminds me of all the colors and stuff you'd see at a hunting camp)

Half Square Triangle Quilt

Joel Dewberry Aviary charms (leftovers)

Cream and orange Kona solids

AMH Polka Line (olive and orange)- binding

38x43"

Warm and natural batting

Machine quilted

Machine stitched binding.

And Willow has been telling stories lately that always end in,

"they were very best friends, and they were sooo happy, and then they made a quilt".

And I think that is hilarious.

When people are happy they make quilts.

She must think I'm really, really happy.