Churning Fourteen Finish

I started this quilt over a year ago. Check out this post about my Churning Fourteen quilt.

Sometimes people think I get a bunch of stuff done and that I get that stuff done quickly. I'm not a fast quilter or crafter, even if it seems like it. I do work a full-time job, complete with a 1-hour commute each way (that DC traffic is terrible and I do not recommend it). I don't have kids at home. I don't cook. I don't clean. I don't mow the lawn. Those things are done by other people. What I do have is about an hour or two each evening to do with what I wish. I also often have a full weekend to be creative. This means projects take weeks, months, and sometimes years to complete. Did I mention this quilt has been hanging around for over a year?

I decided I didn't want the quilting to compete with the piecing and went with the swirl flower in varying sizes as an all-over quilting design. This design was presented by Angela Walters in one of her early free motion quilting books: Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters: Choose & Use Quilting Designs on Modern Quilts (affiliate link). I love this design because it travels so well around the surface of the quilt and it is easy to fill in large spaces quickly.

If you've been following my blog for any amount of time, you know I use scrappy binding every chance I get. I fold my binding once it is pressed so it doesn't become tangled when applying. Maybe that should be my next binding tip. My Darling Husband has been trying to convince me to make a video of something crafty, maybe that's the project to share.

Labeled, quilted, and bound! Finishing projects is so satisfying!

Interested in the pattern? You should check out Sam Hunter's great website Hunter's Design Studio. There you will find the Churning Fourteen pattern and other patterns that are great for using up that collection of fat quarters you couldn't resist. She is also the author of Quilt Talk: Paper-Pieced Alphabet with Symbols & Numbers (Amazon affiliate link), a book about paper piecing letters to make your quilts really talk. If you order it directly from Sam you will get a signed copy and Sam will make a little more money than if you use the Amazon affiliate link. I used the book to make my quilt you can't take the sky from me. It was also the best instruction I had received about paper piecing. Make your quilts say something!