After dreading the quilting on Wind inward the Whiskers for to a greater extent than than a year, I'm happy to state things are going ameliorate than expected. It seems that's unremarkably the illustration amongst things I dread for long periods of time. Perhaps the dread grows to enormous proportions patch the size of the chore remains the same. Possibly "dread" serves the purpose of convincing me inward the destination that it actually wasn't hence bad after all. Either way, things are moving along in addition to I've finished the department I committed to for the calendar month of November. When the fourth dimension comes, I'll last linking upwards in addition to joining the party.
Recall, that my goal for the calendar month was to quilt the department encompassed yesteryear the pinkish line.
Over the yesteryear week, I've been plugging away at it. Yesterday it was finished. First, I stitched across the quilt top to destination a share of the dogwood tree, the cat, in addition to the bird. The truthful cat volition receive got only about lines hand-stitched to exhibit unopen eyelids.
And allow me only state that this hither is non helpful at all.
He was letting me know, every bit he oftentimes does, that his process bowl was empty. It was fourth dimension to consume only about lunch, in addition to hence I stopped when I reached the final department to accept attention of both our hunger needs.
Also, I decided to stitch downwards this fiddling bird. Its feet were becoming separated from its body, in addition to it seemed the prudent affair to do if I didn't desire to lose them.
So I finished upwards the final department after dejeuner in addition to hence lay it out on the dining room tabular array for inspection. I needed to clip only about of the traveling stitched both front end in addition to back, in addition to I took its movie from several angles to document my finished goal.
When I destination it off side yesteryear side month, at that topographic point volition last only about embellishing inward this side yesteryear side section...mainly the add-on of a clothesline amongst only about things hanging from it. For now, it has hills in addition to clouds quilted into the opened upwards sections.
Down the right side of the quilt, this truthful cat in addition to the daisies were also completed every bit a share of November's goal.
It's looking pretty practiced from the back. You tin dismiss come across the large torso of the dogwood tree here. To the left, the daisies are slow to brand out.
Here where the greenery in addition to the dogwood blossoms are is to a greater extent than of a mish-mash of quilting everywhere. Try to occupation your imagination to discovery the blossoms.
The unstitched appliques stayed inward house pretty good except for this department of iris. It makes me wonder if at that topographic point was something incorrect amongst the fusible used at that topographic point because it's hence much worse than whatever other areas of the quilt.
One of the bloom centers was lost, which is variety of a bummer. I've searched for it, but can't discovery it anywhere. I'll likely destination upwards remaking it, in addition to I mightiness remake all the flowers on this item stalk. Also, I receive got a product called 606 that mightiness operate to reapply fusible to the backs of these pieces in addition to stick them downwards again.
Now I've returned the quilt to the machine. Under inspection, I noticed this fiddling slice that should receive got been stitched into a seam. It was only a tiny department (although it looks huge inward this picture), in addition to I top stitched it downwards amongst the rest.
Those large needle holes bother me some. When I visited the newly-opened McKenna Ryan showroom inward Portland a few years back, I took only about pictures of her version of Wind inward the Whiskers on display there. I banknote that hers also had only about large needle holes. Here's i of the pictures of her display quilt.
My friend, Vivian, suggested using a vinyl eraser to heal only about of those spots, in addition to I recollect to give that a try. (Thank you, Vivian.) Also, only about packs of smaller 80/12 needles arrived yesterday, in addition to hence I'll proceed amongst those in addition to promise it improves the look.
With November's commitment complete, I've left it lined upwards for finishing...either after this calendar month or during the calendar month of December. For now...may it balance inward peace until I return.
After that, I went dorsum to operate on November's Tuxedo Tales block. And allow me tell you, stitching downwards those grapes without the do goodness of Big Bertha's articulatio genus elevator was downright painful.
From there, only the hand-stitching remained, in addition to I finished that off fairly quickly.
So...okay. All my monthlies are finished, in addition to I tin dismiss instruct to operate paring downwards that UFO list. By rights, I should last making a block for Chicken Buffet, but I don't desire to operate on only about other applique buttonhole stitch until Big Bertha gets dorsum on the job. Instead, I'll outset on the side yesteryear side department for And On that Farm. No top-stitching required for now.
My friend Sue should similar this one. She's a bully fan of pigs. As for Big Bertha, it's been x days since I final spoke amongst the store close ordering the right part. Today I'll give them a telephone yell upwards in addition to come across what's what. It seems similar the share should receive got come upwards inward yesteryear now.