Thank god it's Friday.
Although when you are retired, every day is Friday. Well, almost everyday, some days are not so Fridayish, some days it seems as if I need to get an outside of the home, paying job for a bit of relief. Nah, not gonna happen anytime soon.
Let me start over:
Thank god it's finished:
I think that I actually had more trouble photographing Vanilla Bean, that I did working with a neutrally colored design. Forty odd shots later, this is the best I could do.
The quilt as you go method was so, so cool. It was almost a shock to realize that once it was all stitched together, it was completed except for stitching on the binding. I am so hooked on this technique. "Beanie" finished up to a whopping 68" X 82".
What began as playing around with linen scraps left over from making slacks, jackets, blouses, along with all types of scraps of batting,
What began as playing around with linen scraps left over from making slacks, jackets, blouses, along with all types of scraps of batting,
resulted in a lovely coverlet for someone's bed. Probably not my bed, alas,
as Miss Annie-cat's claws would reek havoc with the coarse, linen weave.
The QAYG method easily allows for straight stitching feed dogs up style. Which is what I did with Beanie, since there is no way I can stitch a straight line free motion style. But now that I have gotten this under my belt, why not try a bit of free motion quilting on the next piece.
Got this Fresh Modern style piece in the works, which I had originally planned to straight stitch. However, it just seemed to be asking for a curly, loopy design and off I go. Best laid plans never seen to work for me. Nothing could be easier than free motion quilting on a piece that is only 12" to 15" in width. Even though it is 62" in length, it is much more easily manipulated under Juki. In no time at all I've gotten one panel all quilted up. Great practice for my free motion skills.
Only four panels to go, add the QAYG border, and voila', instant quilt. Let me tell you folks, I am sold on this. In case you missed my previous post on what I am talking about, and you have an interest in giving this a go, jump over to The Quilting Edge.
It's the weekend, go have some fun!
