Nine high tides until Maine!!

That's what we have been hearing from Wendell today!  We leave for our vacation in Ocean Park on Saturday and he has a tide watch and has been telling all who will listen just how many high tides are left before we arrive!

Now I know I showed you my first quilt top which is still being finished, but I have actually got another one to show you.  While it wasn't the first one I started, it is the first one I've finished and there is a very good reason for that.

 

A few weeks ago I ordered some "Seaside" fabric by Riley Blake on Ebay.  I just love this collection of fabric and thought I'd make a quilt to take on vacation to the "seaside" every year.  The fabric arrived in the mail and I got started.  Do you see the outer border in a sea green?  It's beautiful fabric and has little pictures of children playing on the beach with buckets & spades. As I finished up the quilt top and cut out the final border, I realized that I was about two strips short on that fabric and could have kicked myself for not ordering more!  

A few days later I was notified that I'd won a giveaway on Lindsay's blog.  Guess what it was?  A whole fat quarter bundle of seaside fabric!!

The fat quarter of the sea green fabric was more than enough for me to finish my outer border and I was just thrilled. Thanks so much for a lovely giveaway Lindsay!  Go and have a look at her blog. She always has great ideas.

I finished up my "Maine" quilt last week and gave it a wash to age it a little.  I may eventually embroider some words that bring back Maine memories for our family on some of the larger pale squares.

I am pleased with how it turned out.  I love the washed out seaside colours.

 

 This will go with us each time we visit (that will be three times this year!)

Ten more high tides - Yay!!