FSQS Progress

First of all, I am overwhelmed (and, quite frankly, shocked!) by the amazing turnout for my giveaway! Thanks to everyone for stopping by and leaving such nice comments. It sounds like the bags are a big hit! I may just have to make some more for a future giveaway. The giveaway is still open -- I'll be picking numbers at about 9PM EST tonight ... that gives people about 9 more hours to enter.

On a separate note, I finished piecing together the top for my Four Seasons Quilt Swap quilt last night. I really like how it came out. Fits the summery theme, don't you think?

The pattern is called "Bay Breeze" and it's in the Summer 2008 issue of "BH&G Quilts and more".

See that striped piping around the border? That was tricky. It's a 3/4" strip of fabric folded in half, sewn on separately to the top, and then the borders sewn on top of it (and you have to cover the seams). Make sense? I've seen them called "peepers" online before.

Anyhow, working on such a small piece was tough. A lot of the piping got lost in the seam allowance.

OK, for all you eagle-eyed "Where's Waldo" fans out there, there is a bit of a blunder in this quilt. Can you spot it? I worried after making the mistake that it would no longer be "swap-worthy", but I think it's still OK. For you other FSQS swappers out there, what do you think?