Two Finishes!!

My vow to finish some of my UFOs before starting anything new has resulted in two finished quilts!

A year or so ago I bought some charm packs of a fabric line called Spirograph.  I loved the bold colors, but they were definitely outside my typical color palette.  I bought some yardage of one of the green prints in the line and got to work using a crazy eight pattern for the blocks and the green as background.  That quilt top ended up bigger than my typical throw-sized quilt and I was a bit intimidated to try to quilt it.  Fast forward to the new year and my inventory of UFOs.  This one was one of the closest to completion, and I wanted to get some momentum with a quick finish.  So, a couple weeks ago I loaded it on the long arm and did a simple all-over looping pattern.  This is the best pic I could get as it is too big to lay out in my foyer (where I usually take quilt pics from the landing).  The snow covered deck is not such a bad backdrop.....I love how this one turned out!

The weekend after the quilting was done on Crazy Eights, I pieced a back and put my version of Scrap Jar Stars on the long arm.  For the quilt pattern, I wanted something to contrast the strong geometrics in the quilt, so I used wavy lines across the quilt spaced about 1" apart.  It gave the quilt some GREAT texture.  I am definitely going to do it again.  It went super fast and turned out so good!  I was so excited to get a pic when I finished the binding that I threw it out on the deck but it was late in the day and I couldn't avoid the shadows.  But, this picture does show the quilting really well.

  

Here is a better pic after it was washed, showing the texture and more accurate colors.  This one is also pretty big and barely fits in my foyer!

Overall, two finishes in January feels like a great accomplishment.  I would like to finish at least one more UFO before I start looking for a new project.