Another Project Finished and Off the UFO List

This little quilt is named "For the Love of Scraps" since it used so many little scraps, especially the little scraps of muslin left over from the back of a quilt I had hand-quilted.  Isn't that what we quilters do - make quilts out of scraps?  That is what I love to do - make quilts with lots of different fabrics or scraps.  So, this photo doesn't really show off the little wall quilt or table mat very well since I don't know how to rotate it in this blog.  It showed the correct orientation on my computer and printer, but when placed on this blog - well, it's not so good.  Anyway, I am glad this project is handquilted and finished.  I hand-quilted this while watching the first and second night of "The Sons of Liberty" on PBS.  Wow!  What a mini-series!  Then yesterday afternoon I sewed the binding on. The sashing is a very dark green print and the border is a bright blue.  The binding is a dark blue; i.e., until I ran out of the dark blue about 12 inches before the end.  Then I used some plain black binding.  Isn't this supposed to be scrappy?!  Well, bindings count as scrappy too.  The hearts are all blanket-stitched by hand with black embroidery floss.  The edges of the hearts were not turned under before the blanket-stitching.  I just love the soft fringe that sometimes happens to the edges of the hearts when the mat is washed.  It will definitely fit in with the rest of my "country" style.  Also, do you all notice that the print in the border is a little whopper-jawed?  Even though I cut the fabric on-grain, the print was not on-grain.  However, I love its little flaws just like they are.  The entire project seems to be something that was made from a well-loved scrap bag.  So what did I work on during last night's (the third night) viewing of "The Sons of Liberty"?  Another scrappy project that I had completed all the stitching on, but had not quilted it yet - a lozenges table runner.  The pattern is a Leader & Ender from Bonnie Hunter's website (www.quiltville.com) - "Lozenges".  I made the smaller version since I wasn't sure I wanted to complete an entire quilt.  The smaller version worked just great for me and I made enough to sew together to make a table runner with a border around it.  So, when it is completed, I will post a photo of it too.  I just love finishing all of these projects.  Now, if I could just get the bindings and labels on the 7 or so quilts I have stored in the trunk of my car after I brought them home from the quilter's.  It is a good place for storing them since my quilter wraps them securely in pastic.  I know that plastic isn't good for long-term storage, but they won't be there that long.  All of the little projects need to be completed first.  So, on with the quilting!