Will ever finish binding?

Right now I feel as if the answer to the question if I will ever finish all the quilt binding I have piled up is "no!"

After making what felt like miles of scrappy gray binding for my jumping 9-patch I decided that combining scrappy binding with a piano key border is just piling seams on seams...too bulky and too messy.  So I went back to the fabric piles and pulled a blue, teal and green fabric with coffee themes sayings on it.  The print is tiny and gives the first impression of being stripes...like it.  So now I think I may name this quilt the "Caffeine Jitters!"

Next in line is my "Ribbon Candy" aka Smith Mountain.  This was quilted by Joyce Greer of "One Loose Thread."This is another pieced border so I think I'll stay away from scrappy binding...unless of course I have some large pieces to pull from.

Maybe some scrappy blue... again? !

So where are all these bright color choices coming from?  My most recent antique quilt acquisitions all seem to be along this line too...

I got this to earlier this month...love the fabrics and the varied solids.  Looks like it could come right out of a Kona Cotton ad!

The squares finish up at 1-1/2

and it is entirely hand pieced..

Dancing 9's top finished!

Finished the Bonnie Hunter "Dancing 9's" top today.  (Only started it last week!)  This is a fun quilt.  Once the 9-patches are made the rest goes together so quickly!

I used up a lot of scraps and 2-inch squares left over from recent projects like the donation quilt, Carnival Corn and Bermuda Seaglass.  I added two more row of the 9-patch so mine measures a bit longer than the pattern  (65x55.)  Also, I used a variety of gray fabrics for the "sashing" to make it even scrappier.  (the top hasn't had its final pressing yet and having a cat hiding underneath makes it look much wonkier than it is in real life!)

Think it is finally time to clear the cutting table and get any left overs back on the shelves for awhile.

I also tried some blocks using a 5 inch square instead of the 9-patches.  Would make for a quick quilt and works with larger prints really well.   Decided not to use them in the quilt but am going to sew them up for a table-runner/dresser scarf to go with the quilt.

Heat has finally settled in to Georgia...looks like I'll get a lot of sewing done the next couple of weeks!  Too hot to go outside!