I have been quilting the Sister's Choice quilt center for several weeks and finally the end is in sight. It's crazy because it's not very big - only crib sized at this point. The 20 blocks are set on point with plain blocks in between. I did some curvy quilting in the Sister's Choice blocks along with stitch in the ditch, and then I did a 1" grid in the setting triangles, which was tedious. Now I need to mark and quilt the plain blocks for free motion quilting. I will clean my machine while I'm at it.
After I finish (this week sometime?), I will set the quilt aside while I work on a few other projects:
1. a row robin that just arrived from Pat
2. the guild block of the month
3. the Moda Blockheads blocks of the week I have missed (3 or 4)
4. appliqueing the borders for Sister's Choice by machine using David Taylor's method
5. hand quilting the Atlantic Crossing wallhanging for the show at Westview Meadows in November
Phew!
I sometimes wonder where my time actually goes, but then I remind myself that quilting is a hobby and doesn't need to be done at top speed. I can take my time with some projects (even though it's nice to finish one once in a while). Meanwhile, I've been engrossed in several good books lately, including Y is for Yesterday (Sue Grafton), Glass Houses (Louise Penny), and the latest Jan Karon (on my Kindle so I forget the title!). Chris helped me wash all the windows in the downstairs inside and out on Saturday. I also packaged and mailed quilts to my former mother-in-law and to an old high school friend who has weekly dialysis. I have another to pack and mail to my nephew. I'm happy to be slowly down-sizing - translation... making room for more!
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