February 2024 monthly recap...................

There were 5 finishes in the shortest month of the year, all because there was one extra day this year.  The 2 baby quilts are 37" square and 33.5" x 40".  The quilt tops were made last month in an attempt to build up my baby quilt stash.  Next is the Australian 16 patch which is 60" x 77" and the top was made in March 2023.  Interweave, a pattern by SpringLeaf Studios, is 57" x 81".  The top was made in March 2018.  The last one is Scrappy Batik Bear Paw 2 which is 70" x 85".  The top was made in March 2023.  The three large quilts were quilted by Robin Diaz.

I had a flannel marathon in February and created 3 quilt tops out of my large stash of flannel.  Left is Hugs and Kisses, 60" x 83", next is Flannel Pinwheels, 59.5" x 71".  The third one is all squares in 2 sizes, 54.5" x 71".  The last quilt top is LeMoyne stars made with Kaffe collective fabrics, alternated with another Kaffe print.  I had contemplated adding a border but I don't love this one enough to spend any more time on it so it will be a small quilt, 45" x 62".

Last night I sewed the last 8 sixteen patch blocks that were waiting by the machine.  I need to make more later this month.

Then I did the staystitching 1/8" from the edge on the Hugs and Kisses quilt top.  When I do this stitching I use the regular foot on my machine which is wider than 1/4" and then move my needle to the right so I can have the foot fully on top of the quilt edge and still stitch 1/8" from the edge.