Teal Vomit ~A Finished Quilt~

Finally a finished quilt in 2014!  Only took me 10 months (I actually finished it in October.  That counts!).  

This was pre-wash, so you can still see some of the pencil marks :)

Here is the picture that inspired the name... I basically went through my stash and pulled out anything that resembled "teal" (you can see the story here: http://hipsterquilter.blogspot.com/2014/09/teal-vomit-quilt.html).  And this isn't even a fraction of what I used.  Would't you know, I have a LOT of teal!!

  

By the time I started to arrange the blocks, I was SO sick of teal. The binding is really the coup de grace, since I thought for a few minutes and quickly decided that there was no other option than a beautiful Alison Glass teal; in other words I really just gave in to the inevitable.  I did go easy on the backing, which is an adorable print called "Suzy's Dollhouse" from Robert Kaufman.  As always, now that it's done, I love it, but I'm not sure there's another monochromatic quilt in my NEAR future.

Here is me arranging the blocks with other 12" ones I had on hand, so I could visualize how it was coming together:

My friend gets it next week at her wedding shower, and I can't wait to see the look on her face... I will know in a second how much she really loves teal! :)

First finished project of the year

So anyone who actually reads my blog is probably wondering to themselves, "does this girl ever actually finish anything?"  Well the answer is YES!  Sometimes!!  Sometimes I finish lampshades!  

I finished a lamp shade!

I also did a little remedial crafty work on this lamp, which I bought on clearance at Anthropologie.  Bird on the Left was missing a nose and it really stuck out since it was the color of unfinished clay, but a few coats of Essie marshmallow and you can't tell a thing!  Plus now I have a great new color that the blogs tell me is really in right now :)

Happy Sunday!