The Semper Fi quilt laissez passer on is finished! Since I've worked on it almost nonstop since Oct 23rd, y'all tin give notice imagine how happy this makes me. Besides, I actually wanted to percentage it alongside my friend, Andy. I was determined to hold off until the laissez passer on was finished so I could surprise him. And it's merely inwards fourth dimension for the 244th birthday of the Marine Corps tomorrow (Sunday). So, yeah...OORAH! Here it is:
It's a large quilt at 89 x 102 inches. Mike together with I tried getting a straight-on motion-picture demonstrate of it alongside me setting the photographic tv set camera upward on a tripod, together with us standing on chairs. It reaches all the agency from flooring to ceiling alongside no room to spare, together with then, fifty-fifty alongside our double-wide fly span, our motion-picture demonstrate turned out comically bad. So...Plan B was to lay it on the floor. I've already shared it alongside Andy, together with he was thrilled. I knew he would be, but it's ever squeamish when y'all teach an enthusiastic reception to a finished quilt top.
And I was so done sewing for the day. I spent a lilliputian fourth dimension on Tree #5 for Twelve Trees for Christmas yesterday, together with so spent some extra fourth dimension finishing it upward this morning. I actually similar this one. It was stitched all inwards stalk stitch alongside a unmarried strand of floss. I own got a difficult fourth dimension making pretty stitches alongside a unmarried strand, together with often, I default to 2 strands. In this case, I stuck it out, together with so set the beads on this morning.
This 1 used the other, larger beads purchased for this project.
Several of y'all own got given me some proficient ideas to avoid "beadtastrophe." My friend Linda suggested using a low-loft batting to decease along them from rolling merely about likewise much. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few people suggested emptying them onto a saucer. And I intend nix succeeds similar overkill, so I did both. I'm glad I did likewise because I spilled them merely getting the cap off that lilliputian tube. Aren't they pretty, though?
They're a lilliputian larger than the other beads, together with so I was able to stitch them on using my regular embroidery needle. It's a lilliputian less fiddly inwards my hands.
So so I traced out Tree #6, together with had an impromptu lilliputian demonstration virtually how rut erases Frixion pen ink. The trees are backed alongside iron-on fusible interfacing. Usually, I tin give notice Fe all merely about the traced design, but this time, I managed to Fe over it. Oops. And that gave me a argue to set this into the freezer to run across if the blueprint would come upward back, every bit so many own got reported.
Okay, well, it did...sort of, but non plenty that I felt confident stitching it that way. Still, I could run across good plenty to retrace my steps, together with straight off it's hooped upward together with cook to teach for tomorrow's stitching.
There in all probability won't live on whatever to a greater extent than sewing today. I own got quite a few things on my to-do listing for the weekend. I'm canning some pickled beets, together with pickled brussels sprouts. Also, cranberry chutney together with cranberry pepper jam. I'll separate it upward together with practise 2 each day. It shouldn't live on likewise much work. If I practise whatever sewing, it volition live on to brand a dorsum for the Semper Fi quilt. First, I absolutely must vacuum my sewing room. Just own got a gander at what lies beneath my ironing board.
Kona solids. Love the colors...hate how much they fray. The whole sewing room looks similar this. So I'll teach all of that vacuumed upward together with brand the sewing room hold off a lilliputian less scary. With all of that on the list, I own got plenty to decease along me busy for a solar daytime or two. When that's all done, I'll select handle of upward on the Tiny Tuesday blocks.