I'm happy to announce that I finally made it to the finish line on this one! Maybe not exactly in my target month of June, but close enough to make me giddy. Just about everything else was on hold while I worked on this quilt, my biggest and oldest Finish What You Have project to date. Whew! I'm just kicking back and marveling over this finally being done.
I'll try not to do that again. Start something and not finish it, I mean. It's so easy to set things aside and forget about them when life gets busy. Or when other
interests take over. Like knitting. I've been trying to resist the urge to start. That was always something my mother did but never interested me. It skips a generation I guess. Admitting I don't knit is a bit lame now that it's cool again, sort of like confessing to not having a tattoo. (A fashion trend that will most certainly put a permanent date-stamp on you.) Anyway this is finally finished and belongs to Grace now, who loves it. I'm really happy that 
each of the kids have a special keepsake quilt of their own and I feel really good about getting these last two done. Long overdue. Besides, summer is here and sitting under a quilt is no way to spend a warm day. A cold day, yes...with a pot of coffee perking, but definitely not in the sweltering heat.
The dark pink binding won out in the end. It really brings out the other colors and compliments this shade of green perfectly. The yellow plaid was pretty, but seemed a little weak in contrast. I cut so 
many yards of bias! I still have about fourteen yards left, enough for another quilt, or maybe two, I think. I'm going to post additional pictures of the *Flower Pots* quilt over here and in the Finish What You Have flickr photo pool. Feel free to share your own long-forgotten recently finished projects, no matter how big or small. Just seeing all of them really did help motivate me to move on this faster. And I see I'm not the only one finishing up quilts this month. Woo-hoo way to go ladies!!
Your Flower Pot quilt is beautiful. Congratulations of finishing it. You have made so much progress by finishing both of these big quilts in a very short span of time! Hurrah!
Posted by: Michelle | July 11, 2006 at 12:34 PM
lovely! I think you finished it in an amazingly small amount of time. very well done.
Posted by: jenn | July 11, 2006 at 12:58 PM
The quilt is wonderful! Grace must be so happy!
Posted by: Dawn | July 11, 2006 at 01:08 PM
It looks beautiful! Congratulations!!
Posted by: Lauren | July 11, 2006 at 02:27 PM
A month was just too short. I needed a Finish What You Have Quarter...
me: This is a great idea! I plan to continue indefinitely.
Posted by: Karen in Wichita | July 11, 2006 at 03:37 PM
The quilt is truly gorgeous, and the pink binding is absolutely perfect :)
Posted by: Amy | July 11, 2006 at 09:41 PM
YOur quilt is adorable! Maybe I should finish the one that has been on my design wall since March that I haven't even touched in 4 months : )
Posted by: Sandy | July 11, 2006 at 10:34 PM
congrats. Looks so sunny!! I love the look of handquilting
Posted by: brit | July 11, 2006 at 10:49 PM
It's beautiful. Congratulations. The lille name patch is so cute.
Posted by: strikkelise | July 11, 2006 at 11:49 PM
It's wonderful. I love that feeling of completing a quilt. It's been time well worth spent!
Posted by: Michelle | July 12, 2006 at 02:16 AM
What a lovely heirloom for your girl! Can't wait to see what teeny sweets Grace makes next! Oh, and BTW, I too am tattoo-less. I've noticed our cohort (the early 40s to early 50s) have different design tastes too- not so much mid-century furniture or ooohing over the 70s in our corners of home- but more traditional, antiques, or "modern" country (aka shabby chic) which is quite fine by me!
Posted by: lk | July 12, 2006 at 05:14 AM
Good for you.
It turned out lovely.
Posted by: Tami | July 13, 2006 at 06:58 AM
Oh, what a charming flowerpot quilt. I love it.
Posted by: Britt-Arnhild | July 13, 2006 at 11:48 PM