beach brellies, a finish

"beach brellies" quilt went on our spring break beach vacation and was completed, but admittedly never actually made it on the beach. i just didn't feel like messing with it in the sand and thought the sunset photos i took of it on the penthouse patio were good enough.

afterall, the views from up there are pretty spectacular.

most of my stitching was done in the shade next to the pool off the beach.

i thought i had packed well for my quilting intentions, but when i pulled out my supplies to begin work, i discovered the only threads i had on hand were the green for binding "mildred and ethel", 12 wt for handquilting "cheery (easter) quilt", and 12 wt white thread from a previous handquilting project. 

so i used the 12 wt white thread to do my first big stitch binding. it was surprisingly fast and seems pretty durable. my only qualm with it was this quilt already has chunky 12 wt machine quilting in yellow. i was afraid the two didn't compliment each other, but i gave it a shot. i think they're fine together.

i also did some handwork while indoors keeping a sick 12 year old company.

this quicky little quilt is all finished up and ready to gift to my grandson when he turns 2 in a few weeks.