Missouri Star's Irish Chain Completed

This is so exciting and I'm not sure why I waited so long to put the binding on this quilt.  I made this one for us, yes for us and it's an extra large king so that it would hang over our bed sides and be super cozy.  No fighting over the blankets with this massive quilt!  This is the first quilt I've ever made to actually use.  :)  I think I'll do more just for us, I mean really what have I been quilting for if not to enjoy these beautiful creations?????

Spoolie Birds Quilt top ready for quilting

This is a pattern on Craftsy called Spoolie Birds.  I didn't follow the instructions completely mostly because I did not want to do the scrappy sashing but I do like the way it turned out.  The sashing fabric it the cutest fabric EVER :)  it has the word meow all over it and I added a kitten to the bottom to make it playful.  I think I'll change the kitten embroidered face a bit because I think I have his whiskers to far from his little nose. :)  I'll show you this one again when I have it quilted.

Betsy's Closet Quilt blues :(

I decided to practice my free motion quilting on my Betsy's Closet quilt so I used a Dritz blue chalk marker to mark my line....  didn't realize that the blue marks would not come out of the quilt easily.  I washed it 3 time and it's still there.  Very disappointed in a chalk marker that is marketed for quilters. Seems like they would test their product so that we wouldn't ruin our quilts we worked so hard on.  Oh well, here it is after three washing's :(

Block swaps...

I was included in a secret Facebook group for swapping blocks.  Here are what we've done so far.  These are the winder and fall block swaps.  I'm hoping for a red block swap next time :) .

My blocks for the fall block swap.

My blocks for the winter block swap

Everyone's blocks for the winter block swap.

Two more Applique Tops mostly complete!

So here are my latest quilts.  I've had to order more fabric for both of these for backing and I also needed more of the teal for the Spooly birds to border the quilt and make a backing.  I will have this fabric soon.  I think I will FMQ these myself....
Any suggestions on how to quilt these?  I'd love to hear what you think.

This one is called Spooly Birds and it can be found on Craftsy.

And my favorite!