Sweet!

A sweet finish!

56 x 72

I finished the top in January 2022; however, some of the blocks were much older than that and came from a swap.   An explanation of the unusual kind of swap is on that Jan. 2022 blog post. 

I quilted it on my sewing machine (Brother PQ1500SL) with horizontal and vertical lines. 

The nice thing about this one is since it is candy themed I could use some Christmas and Halloween candy fabrics from the holiday themed fabrics without them seeming to be related to any holiday. I think I mightt have some Valentine's Day candies in there too. 

The binding is scrappy and pieces came out of the leftover binding box. I had to piece a back. 

The backing has all sorts of sweets and a strip of chocolate. The sweets in the turquoise tone on tone don't show up very well but there's almost the same sweets in it as in the pink. I think I bought both pieces a long time ago (pre-retirement in 2017) on clearance at Connecting Threads and they were part of the same line. 

And now it's ready for donation! 

And sew on...

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CELEBRATE! (my word of the year)

Nov. 26 - Finished a book! -- Other Birds:A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen. Magical realism. "an enchanting tale of lost souls, lonely strangers, secrets that shape us, and how the right flock can guide you home."   

"...untold stories. What happens to them? Where do they go? If you never share your stories with at least one other person, does that mean they weren't real, that they never really existed?" - Sarah Addison Allen

It's light easy reading with a happy ending for when you are not feeling well!