It appears winter is truly here. I am not a fan of cold weather. Me and my old bones much prefer warmer weather. I have actually spent a lot of time working on my own stuff lately. I usually have a bunch of client's work to do. I did not take quilts while I having issues with my Innova, but it seems to be resolved now. I have not been really, really excited about quilting. Working with the issues the machine had made quilting not fun at all. I was constantly picking our and re-sewing.
I finished the quilt in the photos last week. It belongs to Janice H. last week. She did a wonderful job piecing. First I ditched around all the pieces. I had a hard time deciding just what design to put around the blocks. I stitched 1/4 inch around each block and around the small blacks. I connected the small blocks to the large blocks with a 1/4 in line. I also stitched a 1/4 in line in the background around the border. Once all this was done, I filled the background in with a swirly design. I had planned to do a scroll in the border, but it just didn't look right. I ended up doing even piano keys around the outside edge. That tied it all together. Janice picked it up and was very pleased with it. I still have one small wall table runner to complete for her. She plans on entering it into a show. I am still thinking about how to stitch it to add to her design.
I worked on a quilt for my niece and her husband. I was intended to be her wedding quilt. It has taken me a long time to finish it. I will post photos of it in my next posting.
I have been trying to finish up some of my own projects. I don't have another other client pieces in hand right now. I do have three that are coming, but nothing but the small table runner in hand right now. I will have to add material to the edges on her backing material to load it onto my long arm.
I started another art quilt last night..... couldn't go to sleep so I worked on it. I plan on it being my entry for our Dixie Quilt Guild challenge. I ran out of glue. I am appliquéing onto a confetti background. I have been using red felt as my foundation for building the pieces. I like the way it is working. I will need to add a layer of batting and a nice backing though. I hope to get it finished this afternoon. I would like to get a few outside paintings done. But..... it has been to cold for me. It is amazing how acclimated I have become to the heat. Any temp lower than 70 feel down right cold to me! When we first moved here, eleven years ago, 70 was short weather. Now 70 is long pants and 65 is fleece and sweats!
I need to get busy, it is already after 9! Until next time.
Happy Quilting!
