Boy this has been a long week. I definitely haven't had the opportunity to sew/quilt as much as I'd like to. Hope everyone out there has had better luck than me!!!
Also....don't forget if you haven't done so already, my cousin Jeni is having a give away....
http://jenifromthewillow.blogspot.com. It's a really cute penny rug that she's giving away...wish I could enter!!!
So I have been giving some thought to trying to do a little bit of video taping my quilting. I thought if I have some success at this...I'd like to post once in a while a quilting pattern....What do you think...any interest? Don't forget, you can do any free motion quilting designs on a domestic sewing machine. You just have to move the fabric to make the design vs moving the longarm quilting machine.
Since I am using MonoPoly thread, I have been quilting with just the nature light from my window. Only problem with that.....it's still winter and there's not a lot of daylight left once I get out of work. Good news is I don't think I will have to work this weekend, so I may reach my goal of having this finished and off the machine Sunday night. Our quilt guild meets on Monday and I was hoping to take it for show and tell....if not....I guess I'll just have a tell.
This is a repeat of what you have seen, but I wanted to show all my progress so far. I'm not sure if it will show up in this picture, but I did an "E" design in the green log. In the brown log next to that I did a square stipple. It looks nice, but you really have to look, to see it. The back will be more of the show piece of the quilting. I haven't decided what I'm going to do in each log, so I moved on.....
I like this "s" curve. it's real easy to do and you just go with the flow. I am doing this in the gray that surrounds the three sided logs. Hope you like it.
So my first attempt of a little video of a technique didn't post well here in my blog. It just kept playing over and over and in a little box....so I guess I have to figure out this out. However, if you want to see the video, I was able to post it on my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/tadaquilting. Don't forget to like the page and join in on the fun!!!.
As you can see, I'm still keeping up with my "Hexie a day, keeps the doctor away"!!
Which brings me to another item....I ordered the Daily Deal....couldn't help it...I think I have it already...but I didn't see it in my stash.... You know how I find things....Next time I start looking for something I lost (trust me, that will probably be tomorrow), I find the last thing I was looking for. I couldn't find my Bonnie Hunter Leader and Ender's book...looked all over my sewing room for it. Thought whatever...it's here somewhere. Then I go to my sewing room days later to find something else.....poooof.......there's the leader enders book....it's hard being me some days!! Here's a quote from my husband: "Sometimes I spend 1/2 of my day watching you look for your stuff".
Anyways....back to why I was telling you about the Daily Deal....I bought that and 2 yards of my favorite Bella Solid from Moda....Fig Tree Wheat. I decided I'd use that as my hexies background in between my rosettes!
Tomorrow is TGIF....hope to get home in the light of day and make some more progress!! I have customer quilts and a charity quilt that need their turn on the machine!!
Happy Sewing!
I'm enjoying seeing the steps to your completed project. I was also happy to see how light it was at 6:40 am not real happy to be awake at 6:40am but the days are getting longer and that means we are getting closer to Spring!
ReplyDeleteThanks! You are right.... I should be quilting in the morning instead of evening.... Dang work :).
DeleteJust noticed my comment time as 4:01 not 7:01 were we transported to the west coast?
ReplyDeleteI noticed that last night when I posted.... It said 6:40 and it was 9 pm....maybe it's a sign and I should be in Ca..... Lol
ReplyDeleteJill! I'm loving your quilting on your wool quilt! You are making me inspired to practice quilting on the long arm again! Whoo hooo! I wish I could come to turtle rock with you!!!! Love ya! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteWe need to plan a visit!! Maybe I can come down in April!! Love you !!!!!
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