Quilts Numbered 30 & 31

I am especially pleased with the quilting on this "Stack of Coins" quilt. When I first completed this top I knew it would need something extra in the big wide gaps. I think the free hand quilting is a nice fill for the gaps. Also on this quilt I made a variegated binding to match the coin stacks. it was a bit narrow and difficult to work with but I like the effect.

The "Feathered Friends - Love Birds" is my 30th anniversary quilt. (Thirtieth quilt, not thirtieth year.) I fell pretty hard for the fabric and so the quilt cam together quickly. That is something I am discovering in my quilting: If I really like the fabric, I tend to work more on a quilt (mostly). Of course, as soon as I type that I can think of several exceptions to this "rule", but mostly I would say it is true.

For the Love Birds, it is definitely true, I really like the color combinations and the bird fabric is SO cute. The blue trim coordinating fabric is another favorite. I did a border of free-hand quilting to echo the floral pattern in the quilt which turned out pleasing. (Funny Side Note: I labored and labored on the border quilting of this quilt and when my arms were about to fall off and my fingers were crying for mercy, I showed my husband the work and he said it looked nice. My husband is really awesome, but I realized that I was going to have to wait for my Mom to arrive for someone to FULLY appreciate all of the hours of labor intensive work that it really was.)