FINISHED!!

Well, at least this one is.....

Unfortunately, it's so long that I couldn't get the entire thing into the shot.

Here's a close up.....

 Oh!!  Son of a quilter!!   I just noticed that I missed quilting in the arcs...... be back later ( after I fix them and get back from guild meeting).


Ok, I'm home.... everyone at guild seemed to like the quilt and the quilting I did on  it.  I'm pretty pleased with it - there are some imperfect spots but for the most part, it's pretty darned good.  :)
I just don't want to have to do any more quilts where I spend as much time burying threads as I do quilting.  There has to be a better way to handle the tails at the  beginning and ending of each 'seam'.

Tomorrow I plan on loading our Christmas tree quilted wall hanging

 ( it's TALL) onto the frame, but probably won't start on it for a few days.... I told my dear hubby that I would YIKES do some housework - YUCK.  And there are a couple of dr. appts. for him coming up - and I'm planning on taking another group to M.S.U. museum to see the quilt exhibit there ( I've been twice in the past six weeks already).... and I want to help deliver the quilts to the V.A. hospital in Battle Creek.

When I load it on, I'm going to put it tree skirt and trunk first so that I can comfortably do feathers on the tree - probably 3 feathers across each section.  On the background, I'm going to trace some Christmas cookie cutters and  quilt them with white thread with stippling all around the shapes.  I'm not sure how I want to do the skirt part -  maybe I can write Merry Christmas in different directions on the red part - I'm not touching the green & white because the pieces are so small.

Still have more penquins to make up/finish, too.  Here's the pic I said I'd take & post...

Obviously, the purple one still needs eyes - most of them do; I plan on glueing eyes on a bunch of the penquins at the same time... will do the same with the hangers.  Still haven't figured out how I'll name & date them... I tried making 'ribbon' from white cotton and writing with pigma pen, but I was really  unhappy with it.......... just had a thought!!... what I did before was like making bias tape so it was pretty bulky... maybe I could just cut the strips with pinking shears, that should work better.

Ok, I'm beat and going to call it a night here.... remember I'm going to be doing housework, etc for the next couple of weeks - but if you don't hear anything from me by Thanksgiving week - call the Quilt Police EMTs because I'm probably either in quilting withdrawal or have gone into a self induced coma to get out of doing the housework  LOL.