All Done!

I added my last week’s Sew & Tell post late, but I’m on time this week – wahoo! Now I can cross one thing off my huge to-do list. This week’s Sew & Tell is my finished quilt from the Scrappy Christmas Block Swap I participated in with Wendy, Rebecca, and Jodi. (hosted by Modern Jax)

I received two blocks from each talented quilter, added 14 of my own and sashed them with some Kona Snow to get this: (my little helper is so happy to be a part of the photo. He asked me not to edit him out.)

The binding is a green dot – I originally wanted to bind it in the same green stripe that I used on the Elf Hats quilt, but these dots did a better job of adding to the scrappyness of the quilt without being so distracting.

Back in October I wrote a post about my debate over how to do the backing. I received a lot of helpful advice and ended up deciding to do this:

I love how it turned out, and this lovely new addition to my quilt stack has found a home on my sofa until January. Or maybe February.