pink parade, a finished (and SOLD :-) quilt

 I gotta tell you - I am just so tickled!

I started this quilt Tuesday around noon

and threw it in the washer this morning at 10:25.

Brandon and Jeremiah snapped a few photos when it came out of the dryer

(thanks, guys!!)

and we delivered it at 1:00 this afternoon.

I am 

so excited to be able to give Rahab's Rope a sewing machine for Valentine's Day!!

(ok, so technically, I didn't earn enough to buy one,

but I have another small sewing job coming up 

where I'll earn the rest of the money, so I'm calling it a win
and giving one anyways :-)

I free motion quilted a loop de loop

in white Aurifil with light grey Bottom Line in the bobbin.

I really wanted to use pink thread,

but my machine was not liking it.

I'd sew for 3 minutes, and seam rip for 10.

After and hour of that, I said forget it,

switched threads,

and everything went swimmingly from then on.

I added 'Jesus loves you' as requested,

only,

I had planned on using pink thread when I determined where I was going to put it

(I always like to have these things in my head when I get started)

and I didn't think to change plans after I changed threads.

I thought it might not show up well enough,

so I added a second 'Jesus loves you' on the California Dreamin' fabric

for good measure.

I'd planned to sew the binding to the back by machine,

but once again,

I misjudged my seam allowance when I sewed the binding on,

and had to sew it down by hand.

Which, of course is my preferred method

plus - it gives me more time to enjoy my fantastic corners ;-)

but, of course, adds quite a few hours (that I didn't charge for) to the making of the quilt...

Even still ~ I made a quilt in less than 3 days!! :-)

And 

we did (some) school

and nobody went hungry.
We exercised,

and I even showered twice....

Linking up with zippy Amanda Jean and all the other rock star finishers