First Sew-In Fun

This was my first Friday Sew-In and I'm already a fan.  When the kiddos finally went down for a nap  - I made a fun treat in anticipation of my evening.  You can't go wrong with carbs and sewing- am I right?! :)  Lately I've been seeing all of these crazy, delicious recipes on Pinterest, and so I decided to try one of them: Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread.  Um ya, it's delish!

 The crispy cinnamon sugar crust is particularly delightful (in case you were wondering).

Ok, ok - onto the sewing.....
I'm so excited to tell you that I got to work on 2 big projects:

1- I got quite a bit of the top stitching done on Little Man's quilt.  I had to rethink my plan, because the sheer size of the quilt was a little too hard to maneuver for what I had been originally planning to do, but I'm making good progress on it now.  I'm a little over half way finished with quilting it.

2- I finished my first quilt of the year (one that has been hanging over my head basically since my daughter was born back in April).  I hand stitched the binding in record time yesterday.  Wahoo!  My hubby didn't believe me at first when I said I was done.

 The bad weather continues outside, so these pictures will have to make do for now.  Here's the front and the back of the Ladybug quilt: 

I was asked by a couple of people where to find the pattern of this quilt and I actually made it up.  It's basically made up of 2 blocks: a four patch and an 8" Broken Pinwheel (done in 2 different sets of fabrics).

 The reason the 4 patch is difficult to see in the overall quilt, is because in one of my Broken Pinwheels I chose the same red fabric that is in the 4 patch, so it almost looks like a house when the two patches are sewn together.  I can give more details if anyone needs them, but that's the basic gist of the quilt top pattern.

I'm so excited I got so much done, and that I was able to participate for the first time.  You can go see what everyone else was doing during Friday Night Sew-In.  I'm curious to see all the projects.