Thursday, July 25, 2013

ALYoF July Finish - A tale of two mini quilts

A Lovely Year of Finishes
July is wrapping up and I am 7 for 7 in finishing my ALYoF goals. I set my July goal here to finish two mini quilts. When I finished, I realized these two minis couldn't be more different except that they each made the recipient very happy. tears shed = success!

I do Science Periodically 

Another coworker saw a periodic quilt I made and requested one of her own. I used a variety of solids to make up the table. Each element is 1" square. The background is a Kona brown. Maybe espresso?

Here is a close-up of the embroidery.

And a close-up of the amazing atomic dots fabric for the binding.

I used a dotty print for the backing.

I even had the chance to take some action shots in lab. Proving that I too, do science periodically.



Quote mini
A coworker and friend of mine recently lost her mother suddenly. I wanted to do something for her to show I was thinking about her so I slyly asked her to write down her favorite quotes.


I designed some paper pieced letters for the quote (thankfully it was a short quote!)

I kept the quilting simple - free motion flowers and leaves in the borders.

It's difficult to read in the bright light but the back is another one of her favorite quotes from Colossians 4:6


Thanks for stopping by! Check out the other finishes here. I'm also liking up with Crazy Mom Quilts and TGIFF. So happy it's almost the weekend.


6 comments:

  1. That molecule fabric is perfect!! These are such nice gifts - the personalized things are what comfort each other most in life, don't you think? Good to see you at TGIFF this week. :)

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  2. This is so cute! What a lovely gift!

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  3. Dang, Marla! Very, very sweet of you.

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  4. Great mini's! And how wonderful to share your gifts.

    Thanks for linking up.

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  5. Very nice mini's. Your paper-pieced letters are crazy good. (Even if they maybe got printed backwards once.) I didn't know that the "I do science" quote went on the periodic table mini! Hilarious!

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