a geranium dress for my girl

I'm not a serious garment sewist by any means, but I like to dabble in that arena from time to time. I made this geranium dress for my girl on Saturday evening and she wore it to church on Sunday. (Pattern is available here.) I sewed the size 12 and added 2" to the length, which turned out to be the perfect fit. Hurray for the ability to customize your project! I love how it fits her slender frame. Someday her and I can wear our matching dresses if we care to. (You can see my gingham washi dress here.) I'd better jump at that chance before she gets much older, right?!? :)

I also wanted to take a moment today to say thank you to those of you who left kind comments about my finish it up Friday break. Thanks for understanding and for making it such a fun event for so long. I sure appreciate it!

Happy Monday to you!

two of a kind

Welcome to finish it up Friday!

I want to start this week by saying that this will be the LAST week of finish it up Friday for the summer. I need to step back and take a breather. Did you know that I started finish it up Friday in October of 2011? That means we've been at this finishing business (with the occasional hiatus during my social media breaks) for almost 7 years. That's CRAZY! Also, that's a LOT of finishes! I'm very much looking forward to the break from finish it up Friday so I can spend more time with my kids this summer. I do plan to keep blogging, if I can find time to sew, that is. :)

 

Speaking of finishes.....I have a PAIR of quilts to share today.

When I was making my epic Heather Ross quilt, I was actually working on two at a time. I made one to keep and one to give to a friend. I'm so glad I did!

Each of the quilts is a twin size, measuring about 67 1/2" x 91". I used my Easy as Pie tutorial (available here), but I expanded it to make a twin size rather than a lap size. I LOVE the simple pattern because it was QUICK and easy to put together and it lets the fabric shine.

The quilts are identical on the front, but the backs are slightly different. I used a mixture of the same two fabrics for the backing, but I alternated the arrangement of the fabrics. I used cotton lawn from Heather's line Sleeping Porch, which I found on clearance, (bonus!) and I knew that they would make beautiful backings. The combo of the orange and cream colors reminds me of an orange creamsicle. It carries out the summertime feeling of the quilts. Also, the lawn is lightweight and DREAMY!!!! It quilted up beautifully.

I quilted them both with loop de loop quilting on the baby lock Tiara that I still have on loan. I used 50 weight Aurifil thread-color 2026-which is a lovely creamy color that blended with all of the fabrics quite nicely.

Normally I don't use a light or white binding for a quilt, but these bright yellow dots were a perfect match to the colors in the quilt. It is smooth and lightweight, so it was a delight to hand stitch down to the back. (Hurray!)

This cute lined fabric (Fine Lines by Michael Miller) works perfectly for labels. You can see the backing fabrics better in this photo, too.

I gifted the quilt to my friend yesterday and I'm happy to say that she LOVED it!!! I also enlisted her to help me take quilt photos after I gave it to her, because I'm nice like that. Hahaha! :) As you can see, it was a little bit breezy down by the lake.

I especially love this photo....it's the epitome of a Minnesota summer. I am soooo pleased that these quilts are done NOW so that they can be enjoyed and used all summer long.

 

That's it for me today! Please link up your finishes for the week. Thank you, as always, for joining me for finish it up Friday!

finish it up Friday, 6/1/18

1.	Just Dandy	53.	Judy B A Pink Finish
2.	Sandy O	54.	maggie fellow
3.	Bambi	55.	K Sorensen ART and color
4.	Touch of grey	56.	K Sorensen What ever it is, it's all about COLOR
5.	KatyQuilts	57.	KludeMarie
6.	Charity Quilts 18, 19, 20 & 21 of 52 💝	58.	rebecca@oneweebird
7.	Ems scrapbag	59.	Purple bear appliqué
8.	Alison @ Little Bunny Quilts	60.	Something Fishy @sameliasmum
9.	Izzy @ Dizzy Quilts	61.	Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts
10.	Mari @ The Academic Quilter	62.	Snowcatcher
11.	Skyways @ Savor Every Stitch	63.	Bridie
12.	DonnaleeQ	64.	Quilting Questions
13.	Shauna	65.	Marla @ The Quilted Puzzle
14.	unbeehaved-Free Pattern Friday	66.	Marla
15.	Quilted wall hanging	67.	Terri Faust Quilts
16.	Leanne @ Devoted Quilter (1)	68.	Seahorse collage
17.	Leanne @ Devoted Quilter (2)	69.	Free Pincushion Pattern and Tutorial
18.	Needle & Foot Update	70.	5th Grade Quilt
19.	vida en Patchwork Yoko Saito Block 4	71.	DIY Quilted Jacket Using Quilting Cotton
20.	2ne	72.	Julie BagamaryArt - Surprise
21.	Chrisknits	73.	Hold It Together @ QuiltFabrication
22.	Needle & Foot Tshirt Finish	74.	Stitching Impressions
23.	Luna Lovequilts : Curated Quilts challenge	75.	Anja @ Anja Quilts
24.	Chris @ The Art of Making Blog	76.	Lucy @ Charm About You
25.	Brooke@SillyMamaQuilts	77.	Russian love - the lilac quilt
26.	something rosemade	78.	Mary @ Fleur de Lis Quilts: customer quilt
27.	Deana @ dreamworthyquilts	79.	Sarah @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
28.	Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl	80.	Nancy
29.	Roseanne @ Home Sewn By Us	81.	Suzy Webster Quilts
30.	Busy Hands Quilts	82.	Sarah Goer Quilts: Planned Improv Playful Pillow
31.	The Flemings Nine	83.	Christina's Handicrafts
32.	CheekyCognoscenti Tabby Mountain Disco Kitties!	84.	Kat @ Rose Prarie
33.	Angie in SoCal	85.	Liberty Log Cabin Baby Quilt
34.	Kat & Cat Quilts	86.	Matryoshka Wallet
35.	viridian61	87.	Karen
36.	Not Sew Perfect	88.	Double wedding ring - Elm Street Quilts
37.	Kathy @ Allikat Quilts Triad Quilt	89.	Kim @PersimonDreams
38.	tubakk	90.	Zenia Rene @ A Quilted Passion
39.	Anne-Marie	91.	Frankie Baldwin
40.	Stitched Flowers	92.	K Sorensen Studio view - Reality Often!
41.	Gretchen's Little Corner	93.	It's a "Wild" Life @ Creatin' in the Sticks
42.	Vasudha @ Storied Quilts	94.	Quilting Gail
43.	K Sorensen Annie's Choice	95.	Join US! Eye Spy Swap
44.	Treadlestitches Friendship Star	96.	Maria Shell
45.	Happy Cottage Quilter	97.	karenbbsnow "Great-Little-Grand"
46.	Joy- Mermaids & Irish Chains	98.	Gail
47.	Erica @ Kitchen Table Quilting	99.	Heide D
48.	Pink Doxies Stitch & Play	100.	Kathleen McCormick
49.	The Garden of Needles	101.	K Sorensen June Quilt Series
50.	Sewing for others thatfabricfeeling.com	102.	Janice@singreadsew
51.	Wendy’s Quilts and More	103.	Barbara of The Flashing Scissors
52.	Slice of Pi Quilts: A Memorial Day Quilt

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