Well, sort of... Steve seems to have come down with the crud. Strep is running rampant at his office so when he woke up sick yesterday, I forced encouraged him to go to the Dr. so he could hopefully catch it early. He's on antibiotics now and I'm SO hoping that they do the trick because I miss my funny, easy-going Steve. So this weekend was an odd one but I did manage to squeeze in some quilting.
Actually quilting a quilt is my favorite part of making a quilt. If I had an endless supply of quilt tops, I would be in heaven. I've had my quilt along quilt basted for some time and it sat patiently waiting for its turn. It's a big quilt so I needed a slot of time where I could work on it without having to take it off my machine and I finally had that chance this weekend.
I'm about half-way done hand stitching the binding on so hopefully I'll have a finished quilt to share sometime this week. We are actually expecting freezing rain/sleet/snow tomorrow and I'm dying to get a quilt-in-the-snow picture like I see on so many other blogs. Maybe tomorrow will be my chance!
I hope everyone had a great {sickness-free} weekend! Happy Fabric Tuesday!!
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This is so funny because I just posted about how quilting is my least favorite part of quilting. Can I send a few tops your way? : )
It looks beautiful!
I love the quilting, too. Actually I love everything except BASTING! I use the spray but even then it is too much work for me. I found a quilt shop that STILL has almost the entire line of Swell and I am so tempted b/c I have always wanted it. Gotta watch that budget, though!
What an adorable quilt!
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Too funny about the noise! My boys complaint about the exact same thing! My FMQ foot also can get quite squeeky / screechy, which is irritating even to me. Looks great!! Feel better!
if I could make an endless supply of quilt tops and not have to quilt them, I would be happy. unfortunately I cannot afford to pay to have them all quilted so I have to do it myself.
I'm totally with Lee's comment. Actually quilting the quilts totally intimidates me (I may have mentioned that to you before...). So I would LOVE to send some quilt tops your way! Although I am determined to learn how to do some of my own this year, partly because I WANT to learn and partly because it is no longer in my budget to send them out (not if I want any more new fabric, that is...)
I can't believe you want snow. I think your quilt looks great.
It's beautiful! Maybe I'll finish mine by the end of February...I'll think about it. =)
I can't wait for our snow too...it will be exciting!
Seems funny to think of repetitively pushing a needle thru fabric and batting as 'loud'...espcially some quilting being louder than other! ha ha!! Beautiful quilt!! I fall back on free motion as my favorite, too! It's also the easiest, at least for me!
I heard today about a posting on a church marquee that said "Would whoever is praying for snow please stop!". Could that be you? =) Your storm is heading toward me, I hear! My least favorite part of making a quilt is sewing the rows together. I sometimes put off the quilting, but enjoy doing it. I really like to put on the binding! Thanks for the quilty love, Jennifer. I'll be finishing my quilt-a-long quilt soon!
It's looking so great Jennifer! I've got mine all basted and ready to quilt this weekend :)
I hope Steve feels better soon!
I really enjoy the quilting, too! It used to seem like a chore, when i was using my quilt frame. But now that I'm back to quilting on a regular machine I enjoy it more, and i play with new designs more!
I'm so excited to hear someone loves the quilting process as much as I do! One of these days, I'll find a book just on quilting (with a hand wave to piecing) and I'll be in heaven!
Hope the weather isn't too bad on your side of the Metroplex. Our weather here gave me a much needed snow day.
haha, that's so funny...hubby prefers when i straight line quilt vs stipple because of the noise factor as well!!
the quilt is beautiful!
What foot do you use for your machine to do that? It's so pretty. I love it. Goodness i miss sewing!
Beautiful, I love the free motion, it looks wonderful!
I've been free-motioning a slew of tops I've made in 2010 and the more I do the more I like it and find it relaxing...I totally get where you are coming from!
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