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| My current library books.. |
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| My newly pieced quilt top, Four Patch on Point 7" blocks with Borders. |
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| I'm still sewing together Sunflower Pincushions, here's my latest.. |
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| Closeup of my top; Four Patch on Point 7" blocks with Borders.. |
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| Wild Roses are blooming now, can you smell them? |
Hello Quilt Friends!
Summer will be officially here this weekend such a vigorous time of year. Birds, flowers, trees etc all happy and growing with amazing vitality. And God Bless our fathers, I hope you had a great Father's Day!
I've been slowly organizing my quilt projects this last few weeks. I've measured my finished quilt tops and wrote the measurements in my quilt/art notebook . Then I noted if my quilt tops had a backing finished and ready to go with it, and if not I noted the measurements that would be needed so I could search my stash and scraps to meet the need, maybe considering buying yardage if needed.
And then when I figured the top and backing were together and ready the next consideration is the batting I'll need for each. And also very important to decide is the quilting method, hand quilting or machine quilting. I can machine quilt my smaller art quilts and maybe even hand quilt a few. The bigger quilts however will be done on a long arm by a professional. I don't have the room for a long arm and my arms and back don't want to be subjected to the stress of machine quilting on my domestic machine. I'm trying to be realistic and start moving toward getting my quilt tops finished and done. It relieves stress for me to get the process organized, it feels much more doable.
I'm reading some good books from the library and my copy of Jolene Klassen's book Scrap Quilting Diary. Jolene's book is beautiful in examples of contrast, piecing and scrap taming.
And we welcomed a new baby born into our family last week. We are happy and blessed.
I hope your projects are moving along. What are your 'finishing challenges' and how do you work that out?
I'll be by to visit.