It seems similar it was a lazy Friday, but there's withal plenty to tell you lot this morning. It was the root twenty-four hours of National Embroidery Month. Yeah...who knew? Well, I alone knew because Meg Hawkey from Crabapple Hill Studios announced it amongst a stitch-along that started yesterday. We're stitching an "inchy" sampler. The root 1 was slowly plenty to stitch inwards well-nigh xv minutes, including the fourth dimension it took me to air current the skein of floss onto its floss bobbin.
Today's volition travel the 1 to the left of the root one, as well as I'll acquire to it every bit shortly every bit the instructions are posted.
While I was stitching, I noticed that unopen to of the color had bled after applying the "extender" to it.
Here's unopen to other place.
It doesn't bother me that it happened on this piece. It powerfulness fifty-fifty travel an improvement. But it's a expert reminder when doing this inwards the time to come non to purpose a large brush as well as pigment the whole square. Rather, I'd in all probability create it using a build clean brush as well as waiting for following colors to dry out earlier prototype the extender on the following section. (Meg may fifty-fifty refer this inwards her video.)
After that, I flew out the door for my walk amongst Sue. We had a moisture forenoon for walking, but nosotros establish 1 blooming matter along the trail. This is a terrible picture, but I figured you lot polar vortex people powerfulness perk upward at the sight of a flower. I intend this powerfulness travel the root blooming matter of 2019.
When I got dwelling menage again, the kitties were withal within fifty-fifty though their doors were opened. Smitty ran to the drinking glass door to travel permit out fifty-fifty though it was raining. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few minutes later, I noticed he'd alone gotten every bit far every bit the shelter of the catio. He was waiting for Sadie to follow, but she folded upward similar an pianoforte accordion when I tried to nudge her out the door.
So I iced my knee, ate unopen to lunch, caught upward on unopen to e-mail correspondence, as well as therefore I got to travel finishing off the overstep for Cricket's pawtrait. I root fused the kitty to her background.
Then I added a narrow halt border. I'll purpose that same turquoise batik for the binding. Fortunately, my kitty color consultant was willing to conference amongst me (awesome alliteration).
Finally, I added the outer edge as well as the overstep was finished. It ended upward 14.5 x 17 inches.
Next, I stitched together a span of scraps of batting as well as therefore used unopen to spray baste to layer them together. I'll root create the top-stitching earlier adding the quilt back. Quilting volition come upward when the dorsum is added.
For now, I'm top-stitching downwardly all the fused pieces using monofilament thread as well as a microtex 60/8 needle on the machine.
I'm using a clear monofilament thread on the low-cal sections, as well as I'll switch to a smoky monofilament when I stitch the darker sections.
I was only barely started on this when I quit for the day. Today I'll travel spending my fourth dimension working on this. If I tin acquire the top-stitching finished, I'll start on the thread painting. By the way, Big Bertha is purring similar the proverbial kitten directly that she's come upward dorsum as well as cleaned upward as well as lubricated.
So here's something: I learned concluding black that my footling quilt for Project Quilting 10.2 was voted Viewer's Choice winner! To say I was surprised would travel a huge understatement. There were unopen to fabulous quilts this fourth dimension around, as well as therefore I'm both honored as well as humbled to accept won.
I've participated inwards Project Quilting for a span of years, but this is the root fourth dimension I've won anything.
Finally, it's fourth dimension to select a goal for:
Matthew has already spoken for the Rainbow Jubilee quilt. Now that he's outfitted his van amongst a bed for sleeping, I actually desire to acquire that 1 finished. It's a expert size for him to purpose inwards his van. For February, my goal is to acquire the blocks sewn together into a flimsy.
If all goes every bit planned, I'll acquire it quilted inwards March as well as travel able to plow over it to him for his birthday inwards April.
Today volition travel spent sewing mostly. It's going to travel a moisture weekend amongst snowfall inwards the forecast for Monday. Fingers crossed. The bugs were terrible concluding summer. I'm talking yellowish jackets as well as box elderberry beetles. We could actually purpose a expert difficult freeze to kill off unopen to of those pests.