My worries almost walking inwards the pelting yesterday morning time were premature. It but goes to exhibit you lot should never trust a atmospheric condition forecast. The pelting held off until belatedly inwards the afternoon, as well as the atmospheric condition most of the 24-hour interval was lovely. Sue as well as I were coming together at the bottom of our hill. As I drove down, the valley was thus pretty amongst a low-cal fog settled into the lowlands. There were a lot of ability lines inwards my plain of vision, as well as thus I took 2 photos. This 1 looks off to the left. That's Mt. St. Helens at that spot inwards the middle.
Off to the right, I saw this. You tin dismiss consider the laissez passer on of Mt. Adams at that spot on the left.
Also, I noticed this on my way downward the hill. It's a construction at a Christmas tree farm close our house. I've never noticed this before, but at that spot is a barn quilt block there.
The heaven was beautiful equally nosotros seat off. Here are 2 oak trees. Sue as well as I concur they are almost prettier without their leaves. Their branches hold back similar the most intricate lace.
Here's my favorite barn off inwards the distance. Looks peaceful, doesn't it?
Oh yes, as well as this trivial carmine shed ever catches my gaze equally nosotros walk by. I mightiness similar to quilt it 1 day.
When I got home, I did my commons icing as well as eating as well as and thus I got direct to direct identify the binding for Wind inwards the Whiskers. I've turned 3 corners now, as well as I'm hoping to complete the hand-stitching today.
Smitty sat on my lap the whole time...except for the moments when he sentiment nosotros needed to a greater extent than purrsonal contact.
After turning 3 corners, I was form of tired of hand-stitching. There are currently nine quilts on my pile of quilt tops to live on sandwiched. Three of them require backs, as well as thus I got to direct identify that.
You mightiness recall I purchased this Dream Big panel amongst a gift carte I won from the OMG Challenge. It's actually but to exercise costless displace quilting, but I've seen pictures of these afterward they've been quilted, as well as they are lovely. The panel is 45 x 45 inches. Some people convey added borders as well as made them into larger quilts. I'm going to larn out mine equally is as well as convey it equally a overnice lap quilt...or perhaps a wall-hanging...or perhaps a tabular array topper....or maybe...
Whatever it is to become, it needs a back. I went shopping inwards my stash for something, as well as came out amongst this overnice pastel batik. I wanted something amongst at to the lowest degree approximately of the coloring stuff from the panel, but it needed to live on something that would exhibit the quilting on the back. I think this is but the correct choice, as well as it allows me to purpose a textile that has been inwards my stash for a long time.
Also, Hocuspocusville. I finished this quilt laissez passer on nearly a twelvemonth ago, piece nosotros were withal on our trip. If I'm remembering right, I was stitching the rickrack piece nosotros were stopped off close Tybee Island...off the route for the Christmas holiday
All along, I've had this textile to purpose for the back. Yesterday I cutting the lengths I needed as well as sewed them together, thus this 1 is educate to decease straight off too.
Finally, the Solstice Challenge. I telephone telephone this quilt Solstice to Solstice. It's approximately other I finished piece nosotros were traveling.
Last spring, I purchased this textile for the back. When I looked at it yesterday, I started thinking it was going to behavior similar a plaid, as well as that I should assay to stand upwards for upwards the designing when I sewed it into a backing...and that sounded downright torturous.
So as well as thus I got the sentiment to stitch a contrasting panel downward the middle to split upwards the 2 pieces from 1 another. Then it won't affair if the designing doesn't match. I picked something else from my stash, as well as and thus had approximately other sentiment almost it. So the piecing for this dorsum is withal jelling inwards my feeble mind. I'm hoping to larn it finished today.
There is but 1 to a greater extent than quilt on my quilts-to-be-quilted pile...this trivial tabular array topper for St. Patrick's Day...
That's on tap to live on quilted inwards January, but as well as thus I'll live on fresh out of quilts to live on quilted. And that way I'm going to live on setting upwards my plywood as well as sawhorse tables inwards the garage for a skillful ol' 24-hour interval of making quilt sandwiches. Having a stack of quilts for quilting is similar having coin inwards the bank...or perhaps non when 1 considers the amount of coin expended inwards the making of said quilts.
Okay, thus that's what's going on hither today...hand-stitching as well as backing. But first...I'll live on moving my hoop today to stitch the base of operations on the Snow Globe block.
This 1 is to a greater extent than oft than non finished now, as well as I'll live on moving on to something else soon.