Tuesday, January 30, 2018

"I've been busy, oh so busy" (sing to the tune of "I feel pretty, oh so pretty")

 First off, here is the often promised photo of the Preschool Primary? quilt that I finished a few days ago but hadn't gotten my quilt hanger to hold it up for me.


There's not a lot of quilting in it... I went around each shape close to the edge and then again about 1/4" away and stitched in the seams.  For the border, I didn't know what to do and ended up deciding to just make up some shapes to go with the center of the quilt.  Enough stitching to keep it together and still not so stiff that it can't be cuddled under.

Ok... then, this morning I finally got around to trimming up the edges of the PB quilt and found that I had enough of the backing left on the sides to make binding.  I had planned on making a scrappy binding, but I chose to use up the red backing fabric so it can go on it's merry way and not cross my machine again.... well, there are a couple strips left, but I'll put them in the scrap pile.
Got my dear hubby aka quilt holder upper/hanger to hold this one up, too....
I'm really quite pleased with the quilting... I didn't have any major screw ups and it looks pretty good if I do say so myself :).

Then I went looking for something else to work on and hopefully get out of my UFO pile...  FOUND IT!... I have no idea where this top came from - I didn't make it and I don't remember anyone giving it to me.  Possibly they were orphan blocks that were in the guild's charity quilt stash and I brought them home and stitched them together; I really have no memory of doing it, but it's possible.  Anyway, I loaded it onto Mo'e after grabbing a piece of my scrap fabric that lay nearby and some guild scrap batting and loading them first - and off I went... actually, I loaded yesterday, but after taking hubby to dr. yesterday morning and continuing to try to get his nebulizer meds approved by SOMEONE ANYONE, I didn't feel much like quilting.   I ended up quilting it today after I finished PB.

And I've already got another small quilt loaded onto Mo'e and a few blocks stitched... no photos yet, though.

I do have this photo...
when I was trying to take photos of the big quilts, Buddy sat down and seemed to want his picture taken, too... so, I did.

He's such a sweetheart... how could I say "no"?

I started to say "guess that's all for tonight", but it isn't.... the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color for Feb. was released tonight... Purple/Lavender... and I'm seeing Lavender foxes  :)  I don't think I have a lot of either purple or lavender, but I think I might have enough for the foxes.  They are going to look sharp against the gray background.

Ok, NOW that's all for tonight

TTYL


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