Well I just spent a half hour typing a post and then the entire thing just vanished.........what do you make of that? So here I am starting over and I feel silly like I am just repeating myself.
In honour of National Quilting day I plan to spend the entire weekend either at my sewing machine or quilting machine.
Here is a moldy, oldey that I started in 1986! I should be done it in a few hours. I am using the pattern Double Plumes and it is one of my favourite pantos, but it takes a long time to stitch out. I like heavy quilting on my quilts because I think it gives them a nicer feel and I love the effect I get after I wash them........more vintage looking.
There is a close up of the quilting. There are some funny old fabrics in this one, but it will probably end up as a quilt to use in the camper anyway and it will keep someone very cozey. I have the binding made and ready to sew on after the quilt is off the frame, so I am thinking that by Monday I can call this one finished. Yah!
My quilt guild has a UFO challenge every year with another guild. Last year we lost and had to host the other guild at a luncheon, which was fun and we all enjoyed the show & tell and I put on a trunk show as well.
But this year I am really going to work hard at completing some of my over 100 UFOs (unfinished objects for any of you wondering).
And speaking of UFOs..........I own a yahoo group mailing list called Queen of UFOs and we just had our 5th birthday as a group last November, so we had made a fair amount of progress on working on those old projects over the years. We have a yearly challenge and quarterly draws and a final big prize at the end of the year goes to someone who's name is drawn randomly and they get lots and lots of FQs and a few other goodies as well. Why don't you drop in and join the group if you have the same problem of UFOs hiding in your house.
Well, back to quilting. Everyone have a great day! Wanda
1 comment:
Pretty quilt. Love the plumes.
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