a charity quilt finish

Welcome to finish it up Friday!

I hope you all had a safe and great Independence Day! We celebrated with my entire family...17 of us! We hosted and found out that our house is set up very nicely for entertaining. Hurray! I turned 38 yesterday and my sister had a birthday, too. The weather was perfect and it was so nice to have all of us together. I'm so thankful for my own little family and my extended family as well. I'm thankful for another year and I'm looking forward to making it count.

Even amid the summer busyness, I managed to finish up a charity quilt this week. Heather pieced and quilted it and all I had to do was add the binding.

It may have taken me a few months. :) I decided to machine stitch it down on both sides so it would withstand a lot of washing.

I've fallen out of the habit of washing and drying a quilt right after I finish it. Probably because there is always plenty of laundry to do, so why add more to the pile? But, I washed and dried this one right away and the texture is pretty great! I may have wrapped up in it fresh out of the dryer, even though it's been warm here. :) I'm so happy to have finished a quilt to share today. I need to do that more often!

How about you? Do you have a finish to share? If so, please link up. Thank you for joining me for finish it up Friday!

finish it up Friday, 7/5/13

1.	Ali @ Making Happyness	64.	Charlotte's gRACE for a Cure
2.	Susan (2 baby quilts)	65.	karen@CapitolaQuilter
3.	Leigh Anne	66.	ChristaQuilts
4.	Liz @ Shush I'm Quilting	67.	Vicki
5.	Jessica @ The Bossy Quilter	68.	Dee
6.	Inès @ Thready Bear	69.	Duke says sew what
7.	Esther@happytimesfour	70.	Batman - Janet @ Simply Pieced
8.	Valerie (Evening in the Garden)	71.	Margo @ Needle little Balance
9.	Judy K	72.	Samantha @ Making Life Prettier
10.	Stephanie @ Quarter Incher	73.	Jennifer @ Glinda Quilts
11.	Julie @ The Crafty quilter	74.	Sane, Crazy, Crumby Quilting
12.	Modern Handcraft	75.	Janine @ Rainbow Hare
13.	Michelle's Romantic Tangle	76.	jan@sewandsowfarm
14.	Sarah @ {no} hats	77.	Better with Cheddar
15.	Jo's Country Junction	78.	Sarah C.
16.	Nicole @ Mama Love Quilts	79.	Charlotte@GrammieQs
17.	snips	80.	Sew Slow Society
18.	Nat @ Made in Home	81.	Sewfrench
19.	colorful chevrons and painted rocks	82.	Barbara GAlloway
20.	Ashleigh @ Rocks and Chickens	83.	Reuion Baby Bricks
21.	Minnie Loves	84.	Green owl patchwork quilt
22.	Baby Gift Set	85.	Katy S
23.	Custom Dish Mat	86.	Adrianne @ On the Windy Side
24.	Eva-Bambi-Johansson	87.	QuiltnMama
25.	Geta	88.	Becky @ it's sew immaterial
26.	Joan@Quilting Times	89.	Sarah @ Stitchy Little Witch
27.	Kat and Cat Quilts	90.	making quilt back
28.	Brigit @ brigitgail	91.	Olivia@patchheaven
29.	Christmas in July!	92.	Tara @ Stitch Fancy-- Chevron Quilt
30.	Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation	93.	Susan
31.	Reese @ Quilty Reese	94.	Lina@Smultronbopieceful
32.	cathy@blueberrypatch	95.	Michelle @ Squeek Crafts
33.	Gunilla	96.	Rainbow Scrap Afghan
34.	Allison @ flip flops & quilt blocks	97.	Marion @ My Quilt Diet
35.	Kate @katiemaequilts	98.	Tamara Hampton with Sweet Shazam
36.	tubakk, Norway	99.	RobinSue
37.	Becca @bryanhousequilts	100.	Rachel @ fourwisemonkeys
38.	Amanda @ Material Girl Quilts	101.	miss maya
39.	Texas Lovely - Quilt for MY baby!	102.	Chase @ {1/4" mark}
40.	Material Girl - Quilted Swoon Cushion	103.	Julie'sQuilts
41.	Glimma Rag Quilt	104.	Paula @ Sewy Stuff (Two Purses)
42.	Modern Jelly Roll Quilt	105.	Move Over Martha
43.	Nancy@PugMomQuilts	106.	Kathy S. - Ohio
44.	Debbie@Angelscraps Quilting	107.	Linh @ Calling All Stitchers
45.	Nat @ Craftinmechanic	108.	Nancy-Rose
46.	Bess @Squeeze Quilts	109.	hydeeann @splish splash stash
47.	Fran at PatchyRose	110.	JHNickodemus@Just Jessica
48.	Shauna	111.	Theresa Strawberry pin cushions
49.	beth@lovelaughquilt	112.	Little Houses
50.	Jules @ Juna	113.	Amy @ 13spools
51.	Our Busy Little Bunch	114.	Angela @ betterndogbiscuits
52.	Julie @ That's Sew Julie	115.	Logan @ Chocolate Dipped Quilts
53.	Cynthia Brunz Designs	116.	Katherine
54.	Esther @ ipatchandquilt	117.	Debbie @ A Quilter's Table
55.	Izzy @ Dizzy Quilts	118.	A sewing kit for my son
56.	Deborah @ squaregrannie	119.	Something Old Something New Update
57.	Green@So Sew Green	120.	LeMoyne Star and cloth dolls
58.	Kerstin@sunset sewing	121.	Esther @ ipatchandquilt (2nd finish)
59.	Kerrie @Pretty Lady Baby	122.	Betty Lou@AmericanVintage Quilts.com
60.	Julie@DistantPickles	123.	Road Trip QAL: Virginia Reel
61.	Julie@DistantPickles	124.	Valerie @ re•engineered
62.	Maja "The Scrap Happy"	125.	Amanda @ Everyday Fray
63.	Quilt Barn	126.	Cristina @ All The Pretty Things

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