#2 Finished for February
Well, just got the binding on this bad boy and in April it will head to a quilt auction for the disabled. My next quilt will also head there too.
This one is called Exploding Hearts and I made it only because I thought I could use all my miss cut pre-cut 5" squares only to find out once I read the instructions, that it took 5.5 squares. I didn't think about resizing the blocks to fit my pre-cuts. Maybe next time. Anyway, it's done and I learned yet another new thing on my robotics. I was having a heck of a time with thread breaking constantly. I changed needles, even changed thread spools as I know the 1st spool was damaged by one of my fur babies. He thinks its his job to take the loose thread ends and wrap them around the wheels and anything else he can wrap it around. I now cut the spool off at the back and put it where he can't find it during the night. Anyway, with all the thread breaks, when I put the machine back to where I needed to start, it didn't always start right at the exact spot so I'd have to "realign" the machine. Found out I could go back to the beginning or yet another spot nearby the area I wanted to start at and it would put it back where it needed to go. I'm a self taught quilter in every aspect. I would read lots of books, watch youtube videos and just try my luck, always trying new things so I could say I'm advancing my hobby.
Anyway, here it is. I found the E2E at Urban Elements called Curls & Hearts. The border pattern I've had for some time but can't remember where I got it. Might have been Ellen Munnich's site as I bought all her patterns back in the early days before I found out there were other sites to check out.
I used a silver thread on this quilt. Also still working on my stitch in the ditch but it needs some work.