Blue green sea quilt - 2

So I picked out the border for the blue green quilt.

I knew I wanted a 2" border of ivory then a 2" border of the accent color and a wider 5 1/2" of the ivory. 

I was leaning towards the aqua green color of the bias tape but my JoAnn's has an abysmal selection of Kona's. They had NOTHING to match the green or the aqua in stock. I went with a touch darker olive green from another brand. I think in the end it was a good thing though and I'm really digging it.

Here it is with the bias tape next to the quilt top. 

I think it looks good for the quilt and the blue green sea name.

Simplicity Bias Tape Machine Review

The big man got me one of these for Christmas and I finally got  to take it out and play with it.

It is a machine that basically folds and irons your bias tape for you. The compact machine comes with a 1" single fold bias tape tip, however there are many other sizes available for purchase. I also have the 1 1/8" tip as well. To make this size you will need 2 1/4" strips for bias tape. Using the method I showed in the bias tape tutorial make yourself a nice pile - o - bias.

(notice I got the fancy bias tape ruler?? REMEMBER for the larger tip the strips need to be 2 1/4" wide NOT 2 1/2")

Then following the directions for the bias tape machine I ran it through the machine. This machine only makes single fold tape. I always use double fold so I opened up the single fold tape and folded the raw edges to the fold line. Then ran the tape through the machine sans bias tip. 

Do I like the machine...

Yes and No. 

It would be totally rockin' if they came out with a double fold tip because it is hard to keep the raw edges folded in and even while it is running through the machine. It is pretty fast though, if your doing single fold. That alone will keep me working on getting more proficient with it. Nothing will motivate you more than burning the crapples out of your fingertips with the other method--even though it is perfectly folded that way.

Cutting it up

It has been another long week here at the MadebyMomma house. 

I have gotten both the boy and girl versions of the Salt Water Taffy quilts cut out. 

I am using the Oh Deer! by MoMo

 for Moda line. 

I just had to have this fabric and I got it at a good price so it was meant to be:)

No need to adjust your monitors; the boy version has ivory accent and the girl's is white!

This particular pattern takes one pattern jelly roll and one accent color jelly roll as well as one charm pack. 

I am working on a post/review of the Simplicity bias tape machine. The big man got it for me for Christmas and I'm using it to make the bias tape for the The blue-green sea quilt.

On top of that the little man was sick this week. Throwing up Tuesday and Thursday. Big man took him to the pediatricians on Thursday and he has a double ear infection and according to big man the biggest tonsils on a child his age the pedi has seen...

So he is on antibiotics again and I'll be taking him back in 3 weeks for a recheck. Unfortunately, his tonsils have been this size since the beginning of the month, we already did one course of abx for this. He might be heading for a tonsillectomy but we'll see!

An unrelated question : 

At what age would you let your child go on a vacation/cruise with out you?

The Blue-Green Sea Quilt

I finally finished the blue-green quilt top using a jelly roll. 

All but three fabrics came from my stash! 

Which I promptly replaced with other fabrics from JoAnn's; but, in my defense, I only meant to buy the 5 yards of kona white for my other two quilts! I came home with over 15 yards of miscellaneous yardage

...and five patterns. 

I now just have to pick a border and get the binding made.

I like the movement in it. It was VERY hard to keep the pattern/non-pattern straight. I messed it up a couple of times! 

I pieced the quilt top and labeled the rows by number lengthwise and letter width-wise on the seam allowance. I didn't start doing this until I was part way done though.

I'm feeling like this quilt needs a solid border fabric or else it will be much too busy. 

What do you think aqua green or olive green??