Stalled Wall

Did you know that there is a legend that dragons sleep for 25 years at a time?  Well, whether or not that is true, my dragon seems to be sleeping: nothing has changed on the wall.

So this is what I am showing.  She is called the Quilt Diva, first seen here over 1 year ago.  I completed this flimsy 2+ years ago but couldn’t decide how to quilt it so it has kind of hung around, waiting for inspiration.  Well, I decided it wasn’t ever coming so today I will begin ditch quilting around her and then “something” will get quilted in the empty space.

 

 

The funny things was that as I was getting ready to put her on the frame I found that there were 7 small “spools of thread” that I had never appliqued down.  So I got that done, the backing-batting-and top on the frame and chose the top and bobbin threads.  I am all ready to start the quilting process. 

 

 

Last week I took some time to DSM quilt two placemats that have been sitting around since December 2010, again waiting to be finished.  I had made placemats for family members (6 families) and just didn’t get around to finishing ours. 

 

 

The funny thing is that the binding has been ready all this time so it won’t be too long before they are decorating our table.

 

 

And for those who remember, I am almost through with my machine embroidery project.  I will probably be posting about it later this week.

 

So what did you do on National Quilting Day?  I went to a quilt show in Pensacola.  The guild there has some very talented ladies and I really enjoyed myself.  I did take some pictures for inspiration but haven’t had time to go through them yet. 

 

 

And I did spend a little money, just to keep the various quilt shops in business, you know.  Two batik backings and a set of precut strips of fabric.  I don’t usually buy fabric at shows but this time they were just the right thing for projected projects.  I also got four spools of Glide thread.  I really like quilting with poly and am partial to pale colors for quilting.  I have never tried this thread but I know the lady who was selling it so I’m giving it a try

 

Well, up and at’em.  I have a few housework projects to get done and then I plan to spend most of the day in the studio.  Maybe this will be my National Quilting Day, ya think?

Happy Valentine’s Day

My design wall for 2/14/11. It contains the Diva, which is no closer to getting quilted, my block for the Layercake Quilt Along, and my Journal Quilt for February.

This is the latest LCAQ. It is basically a D9P with a twist: the original 9 patches are not all the same size or even square. Kind of different, huh?

And this is my February Journal quilt, in process. The little pictures of my quilts are not stitched down yet: I haven’t decided if I will just quilt them down or crazy quilt them.

But once I make that decision I will be adding this:

Then I will be trimming it to 8 1/2 x 11.” And I think the name of this quilt will be “I heart quilting.” The idea for this quilt came while I was driving 120 miles to attend a quilt show. I guess I do heart quilting, don’t I?

This quilt is done. This picture was taken while I was sewing the binding down Sunday. This is a large, heavy, flannel quilt: what a wrestling match. Now be sure to go over to Judy’s blog to see other people’s creations.

Another Monday, Another Design Wall

And here is mine.  The Diva is a quilt top that has been completed for a couple of years.  I decided to put it on the wall so that I would see it and decide how to quilt it.  Next to her is Boot 2 from Molly’s Place.  Can’t see it clearly?  Well, here is a close-up:  .  Now isn’t that something?  I don’t know what got into me but the body of the boot is Kaffe fabric that I bought and although I loved it, it never played well with anything else in the stash.  But doesn’t it look great on a boot?  And, this boot is completely appliqued down and ready to go.  Next to it is Boot 1 and above it are the two Underground Railroad blocks for the LQS BOM.

My focus on Sunday was quilting the flannel log cabin.

I am using a panto from Urban Elementz and Valdani thread.

  On the back I am using prewound Bottom Line: doesn’t it look nice?  I have about four more rows to do but fatigue set in and I decided to take a football break. 

One of the reasons for the fatigue is the LINT.  After every pass I am having to clean out the bobbin and machine.  Look at all that lint!  I don’t get that much when I clean out the lint trap on my dryer. 

So now you need to check out Judy’s blog to see what other’s are up to.  Have a great week.