Just buzzing along...

I am finally addressing the pile of quilted tops that need binding finished with hand sewing. I have two finishes and hopefully more soon.
  

Honey Bees 2 is finished. There is also a Honey Bees 1 - it's still in the pile. I bought some bee fabric quite a while back with no plan. (I bet no one else ever does that!) Anyway, I came across it in my stash a while ago and decided to make a couple of donation quilts.

 This finished at 56" by 73".

I love the gold honeycomb fabric.

I quilted this with a meander stitch using Glide Bone #17443 thread on the top and Shadow (dark gray) #1BLK3 thread on the back.

The back is a gray/black print from my stash.

I also finished a table runner - Frosted Window Pane. I bought this as a kit a couple of years ago while on a little shop hop with friends. The shop, The Quiltmakers Shoppe in Manchester, Iowa, is one I really like. It had a wall display of this pattern made up in a number of different fabrics which was great since I don't think the pattern picture sells the pattern. I actually have made the pattern before without the outer border. 

I basted this on my long arm and then quilted it with my Juki sewing machine. I love my Juki but definitely prefer the long arm for quilting. The runner is 16" by 54". For a change, I followed the pattern exactly and we are keeping this.

I used a stipple stitch in the background and a figure eight on the bars.

Since I was using a domestic machine, I used Aurifil thread - Dove Gray #2600 on the top and Red #1103 on the back. 

The back is red but not quite like this photo. It's darker like the reds on the front of the runner. You might be able to see the quilting below.

And.... there is another quilt on the design wall. This one needs borders.