Country Chicken and bunnies

Hello everyone!

I can't believe more than one month has passed since I last posted! Where does the time go?! Well, I 'blame' it on our visitors from India - lol! :) We got to know they were coming only one month before they landed here, so I had a lot of preparations to do. The lower-ground-floor was a mess after repainting the bedroom furniture and a few other things. I had to tidy up and clean the entire floor, windows included and give it all a new 'make-up', which took up most of my time. We enjoyed the visit very much and we visited a few places together. To read more about the visit, click here.
It took some time after they left to get into our daily routines again, even quilting. I have worked on several projects over the last couple of weeks - all started this year. Last week I finished the 'country chicken' quilt and bunny table topper.

Being white background fabric, I had to wash both items after they were finished. I love that crinkled look/feeling of a washed quilt! :)

All the colored fabrics and the hens and roosters are swatches from a shop in Norway that had close-down sale last year. (Remember the old lady and the box?) I've added white tone-on-tone (from my stash) as well as I was lucky to buy the backing on sale ($5.98/yard)  - same fabric line; 'le petit poulet'.

Close up of one of the roosters.

I'm quite satisfied with the FMQ; loops, which I find easier to do compared to meandering. It is said 'practice does perfect'! :) Well, I'm far from an expert, but at least my skills have improved since my very first FMQ...

The backing, where I have incorporated leftover chicken... :)

I wasn't very happy with the table topper after part of the top was done. The pinwheels looked too big compared to the bunnies... I had the feeling the bunnies disappeared somehow... haha, they jumped away! :))  

After putting the thinking cap on, I decided to add a white border around it - and voila! I think it looks much better now...

One of the bunnies.

The entire table topper is FMQ in small loops.

Here too I have used the same fabric line - 'le petit poulet', - leftovers from the quilt, added white tone-on-tone from my stash and used the same red backing as on the quilt.

I have a few other projects that are almost done. I've been working on the binding over the last days too, left to do all the hand stitching.