A Lovely Year of Finishes - November 2015

Yippee!!  I got my granddaughter's quilt finished and met my goal with Sew BitterSweet Designs for November!  It was fun to quilt using what I call "topography" quilting for the filler behind the fairies.  A little different from McTavishing as that has fewer repeats before you change direction - great on an adult quilt, but this is for an 8 year old, so a little larger, more repeats "topography" for her!

Here are the individual blocks:

I finished Fairy Garden with a faux piping binding and sewed it down with my sewing machine.  Here is a picture of the back

I love the colors in this fabric...even a bit of metallic for sparkle!  I fuzzed out her last name, just cuz that's the way I roll!

On the top corners of the wall hanging, I put triangles of fabric so it will be easy for her mom to put a dowel and hang it up on a single nail.

I prefer these over sleeves for two reasons - one nail hole verses 2 (and trying to get them level!) and I don't have to do a bunch of hand sewing to keep that sleeve out of sight!  Just sewing on the label makes my hands ache.

Did you make a goal for November?  Did you reach that goal??  Celebrate!!!