Quilting By Hand ~ KJR

I am slightly,

just a little bit,

absolutely obsessed with Denyse Schmidt's Katie Jump Rope fabric at the moment.

I have been on the hunt (ebay and etsy and quilt shops and blogs) for relatively inexpensive fat quarters and I am doing a pretty good job with my little collection.  During my treasure hunt I have also become a little infatuated with Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy.  But apparently I missed the boat on that line because all that is left is selling for craziness like $45.00/fat quarter.  UGH. 

I did score a little FMF find on ebay, a good amount of 5" charm squares for $12. 

Not totally unreasonable, right?

Anywho, I did make another little KJR quilt and decided to quilt it by hand,

this is a first for me.

I probably did it all wrong and I used embroidery floss which is probably wrong too but I wanted lots of different colors for the quilting so I used what I had.

It is beautifully and perfectly imperfect!

I love the hand quilting from the front side.

The quilting on the back is a little strange and crooked

and all those things that make it perfectly imperfect.

Here is the back.

I think this little one is staying with me. 

Probably a wall hanging in my sewing room.