Ready for spring

I love this quilt top! I love how I hand tops over to Jenny and she does wonders with it. Each block has a flower quilted into it and there are different flowers in each. Oh and the pieced back lined up perfectly so the flowers are centered in those blocks as well. How fortuitous is that?!

A finished top and even a back

I have finally finished the Synchronized Squares quilt along top and for the first time a pieced back. I am a month and a half past the deadline, but it is done.

The top is below average sewing. There was a lot of tired and angry sewing. I switched the background fabric. It took forever to finish, but I have a feeling though that this is going to be a well used quilt. I like the pieced back. Apart from looking nice, I don't have four random blocks laying about. There isn't much overhang for two of the sides though. Sorry, Jenny!

I am almost there!

Can't do it all

So in my previous post I said I was going to join another quilt along. I did some cleaning up today and I shouldn't start another project. I have too much fabric already and at least 6 different half done projects. My third block for the Fat Quarter Shop BOM showed up in the mail today and I haven't done even the first. It wouldn't be responsible to start another project.
I have been working on my Synchronized Squares quilt and should have the top done tomorrow. It hasn't been as fun as I thought it would be. I think because I didn't finish it with everybody else. I figure it will be a good every day, muck about quilt.

Slowly making progress

This week's update- the squares moved from the table to the floor.

Cut my loses

Yes, pun intended. I had ordered woven heather for my background fabric for the Synchronized Squares quilt and it did not work. I thought it was going to be peach; it was orange. The fabric was like jersey and it squirmed when I cut it. I hadn't changed my blade in a while and that did not help. I tried to make it work and kept hoping the orange would grow on me. It did not. I missed the completion deadline and just wasn't enjoying the project. I decided to cut my loses and move on. I am so glad I did. I ordered another solid online and it is so much more me. It is actually a Fig Tree solid- Wheat Bella. I just finished cutting up my 10 inch squares and thoroughly enjoyed the process. I am working on putting my pieces together.

Here is another upside to ordering the new solid. I ordered it from 1 Choice 4 Quilting. The fabric was on sale (20% off) and there was a coupon code on the blog for an additional 10%. The package arrived yesterday and in it was a surprise- some extra goodies, including a pair of scissors. How cool is that? Always need more pairs of scissors.

Yeah, that is orange

I was expecting peach. I would have been OK with coral, but it is orange. The name should have clued me in- Persimmon. The fabric (woven heather) feels lovely, so I am going to suck it up and go with it. The piecing instructions for the Synchronized Squares quilt are up and I need to get it together. I'm a little afraid actually. The pictures are proof.

Synchronized Squares Quilt Along at P.S. I Quilt

I'm joining yet another quilt along. I missed Rachel's Pinwheel Quilt Along  and the Postage Stamp one, but third times the charm.
I am using my Fig and Plum Layer Cake. I've been sitting on it and had assigned it to another project, but I think the raw edges will look 'cute' with the florals. I don't have my solid colour picked out yet. I am not using a pre-cut for the solid background so I will have more flexibility with colours.Any suggestions?
Rachel gives very detailed instructions so I suggest joining in. There are some cool fabrics being chosen so the resulting quilts should be awesome.