Zen Place
After the string quilt was completed, and after my company left, Vicki's quilt was loaded. It took a while longer then usual to load (customer quilts get a lot of TLC), and I started to then design what I was going to put into the quilt.
Wendy suggested Press n' Seal to use to mark the quilt out. We picked some up last Sunday at the store and I tried it yesterday but didn't like how it was behaving. I don't want to mark this quilt in any way with chalk or pens because it's not mine to mark up.
Next option. I tried to find my graph paper (why is this stuff always so allusive when you need it?), and instead only found my tracing paper. I roughly gridded that out and then drew what I wanted to put into the quilt onto that. I think we have a winner. Next: Muscle memory.
I'll trace the design out a dozen or so times to get the movements into my head before laying down the thread. The last thing I want to do is pick out a whole motif because I failed to plan.
By this time it was starting to get dark outside, Jim was in for the night, and I knew once I began quilting I wouldn't want to stop. You know, it's that zen place you get into while doing something you really, really enjoy.
I opted to shut DW down for the night so I could solely focus on the quilting today. While scooting around DW and putting him to bed for the evening, I noticed that the situation below was getting way out of control!
Thankfully, I kind of knew it was getting bad and picked this pattern up while in Arizona at the Three Dudes Quilt Shop.
Mom wants a small (36" x 48") lap quilt to put around her when she's reading at night. I think I can modify this pattern to her specifications by reorganizing the placement of some of the blocks. It should chew through some of that mess above and I don't have to be particularly fussy about what I'm putting where within the blocks.
Once I get her quilt done, I can continue on with more blocks to eventually get into a full size quilt as the pattern suggests. It's not like I'm lacking any scraps here and perhaps the little cabinet/shelves above will stop throwing up fabric all over the floor by the time I've finished.
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| Vicki's Quilt |
Next option. I tried to find my graph paper (why is this stuff always so allusive when you need it?), and instead only found my tracing paper. I roughly gridded that out and then drew what I wanted to put into the quilt onto that. I think we have a winner. Next: Muscle memory.
I'll trace the design out a dozen or so times to get the movements into my head before laying down the thread. The last thing I want to do is pick out a whole motif because I failed to plan.
By this time it was starting to get dark outside, Jim was in for the night, and I knew once I began quilting I wouldn't want to stop. You know, it's that zen place you get into while doing something you really, really enjoy.
I opted to shut DW down for the night so I could solely focus on the quilting today. While scooting around DW and putting him to bed for the evening, I noticed that the situation below was getting way out of control!
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| Messy, messy, messy! |
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| My next quilt project |
Once I get her quilt done, I can continue on with more blocks to eventually get into a full size quilt as the pattern suggests. It's not like I'm lacking any scraps here and perhaps the little cabinet/shelves above will stop throwing up fabric all over the floor by the time I've finished.
I tried the Press n Seal, too.... didn't like it - can't remember exactly why but I think it was because it was a PIA to get the tiny pieces out after quilting.
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