Maybe "normal" isn't exactly right, maybe we are just back to every day life. Finally all of the Christmas things are put away; I found 2 more things yesterday that were out in plain sight but got missed. This year I did not get all my snowmen out for January, I just didn't want to go through all the trouble of putting them away again. Everything takes me much longer to accomplish than it used to and that dampens my enthusiasm.
This weekend we had our first big snowstorm and we planned ahead so we would not need to go out until it was over. I read a lot, cooked a lot, cleaned up the kitchen a lot, and sewed a little. I started quilting the "heartbeat" quilt and ran out of the one color thread I need to finish.
This little quilt measures about 42 inches square. I decided to use the colorful children's print on the back only and went with the subtle dotted blue/green on the rest of the top.
I really wanted a "whole cloth" backing even though the fabric is only about an inch wider than the top. I am always into overkill with pin basting so I took the chance that it would work out OK. I can see that it will.
I quilted in the ditch to outline all of the white chains.
I used the running zigzag (Bernina no. 4) across the diagonal of the larger squares. Sometimes the curves in this stitch get either bunched up or stretched out if there is too much drag on the quilt moving it through the machine. This is not perfect but it looks pretty good. I am not going to rip anything out as I did in the last baby quilt from this pattern.
I used thread to match the yellow, white and orange on the front and I matched the blue green on the back in the bobbin. I thought I would have enough of the blue/green to use on the top and in the bobbin for the rest of the quilting but I am pretty sure I will run out. I am waiting to get started on that until I can get out to buy some thread.
After I finish this I have some small must do projects and I am thinking over my 2019 goals. I need to organize my plans and gather what I need. Maybe I need to pare down my goals to what is compatible with my slower reality.
3 comments:
Yay for back to normal everyday life. I love the holidays but I love getting back to normal afterwards. I too rethink getting “everything” out as putting away is not so fun. More snow coming! It will leave behind possibly twice the amount of snow the last storm left. Ugh. Your quilt quilting looks great so far! Enjoy.
Back to normal . . . looks pretty darn sweet :)
Wishing you a lovely day,
Connie :)
Very cute! I do not like a lot of excess backing trimmings either. I recently finished an 80x80" quilt and I think that I had between .25 and 1" on any of the sides. That was pushing my luck a bit but I made it!
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