Finish Time

I am finally, and completely an empty nester!  I have spent the past month reclaiming and reorganzing space so both the hubby and I have hobby space as well as a genuine guest bed.  Unfortunately, I realized that I don't have space to put away all my quilting and sewing stuff, so I am back on a finish streak.

One of the UFO bins was for a sea shell applique quilt that I had designed and started over a decade ago.  The original design had 30 shells in 8 different shapes and sizes.

The bin included 3 dozen very textural fabrics like these. 

Plus a couple of sea shell identification books.

 

While I still love this idea, I'm a mountain, not a beach girl. 

So the 3 finished and one nearly done block became a pillow case.

Most of it is machine quilted, but I had to hand quilt the shell backgrounds to get the texture I wanted.

Zebra Auger

 Cowrie

 Leopard Scallop

Textile Cone

And this bin is ready to transition from "Seashell UFO" to an expandable applique library.