FOs and a U-UFO

I finally finished the project that has taken up most of my spare time over the past few months. I present the Birds Quilt:

The quilt is for my BFF, who got married in December. it took me much longer to sew than expected, and they only received it yesterday! It's my first full-size(ish) quilt and I'm v proud of it. I used a selection of Nest by Valori Wells, the backing is Kaffe Fassett dots in duck egg, and the binding is Klona cotton in blush pink:

I quilted in the ditch and forgot to pre-shrink the batting, hence the puckering in the seams. Here's a close-up:

Now I can really focus on my Crepe dress (the U(gly)UFO). I've almost completed the bodice, and am hoping to get the dress finished by Tuesday. When I make it up again, I'll chose much more attractive fabric. I love the simple white dress with blue sash on the Colette Patterns website, so I might try something like that, using white swiss dot perhaps.

not pretty

I'm highly adept at procrastination, and when I should have been focusing on the Crepe dress, I made myself a pin cushion and a needlecase. Well I need somewhere to put my pins and needles, after all!

I used Kelly's tutorial for this

speak soon!