It's been a long haul

but I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  I have one more color to use on the "What the Cluck" quilt and then I have to go back and use blue again for a 'block' that somehow I missed.  Once I do that... It's done and ready to take off the frame.

This has taken awhile because in the process I decided that I wanted to try more detailed quilting than I usually do.

Normally, I don't like to stitch over appliques... this time, that's exactly what I did.  In most parts, I'm very pleased... in other parts, not so pleased because the black thread that I used in the bobbin has decided to show it's head between stitches.  I'm really REALLY hoping that once it's washed and dried, they will sink back to their own side of the batting/quilt.  If not, I'm not sure what to do.  I've continually checked my bobbin tension and it's spot on... and since it doesn't do it all the time... I don't know what is causing it.  Crossing fingers that washing & drying will take care of the problem.

I can't remember if I shared this OOPS or not... and I don't feel like going back to check lol.  It used to be that no matter how careful I was, somehow on every quilt that I appliqued there would be one little section that I somehow missed.  I KNOW that I have the tendency to do this so I'm trying to be extra diligent about checking to make sure I've got everything stitched down.  The first two chicken quilts were fine.... and then along came "What the Cluck".. which is not what I said when I found this..

and, of course, it needs a color that I don't have in Glide... the orange I have is much darker.  I tried stitching it down with white, but this was one of the places that the black bobbin thread really showed it's ugly head and I had to rip the stitching out.

I'm blogging early today because otherwise it probably wouldn't get done ( like the previous 2 or 3 days).  Going out to dinner with hubby & some of our family for Father's Day ( which means #1 son probably has to work tomorrow :( ).

Hopefully, I'll be able to take this quilt off the frame tomorrow... then, I'll load it for one of the charity projects I have here... it may be the simple table runner, I don't know yet.

take care

ttyl

ps.s.  It's DONE... well, the longarm quilting part is... now to trim & bind ( and to fix that piece that didn't get applique'd down); the label is already made... but not the binding - guess I'd better do that next :).  Now where did I put that black chicken wire print?