This morning's postal service finds me inwards a bind[ing] mood. After wrestling amongst Semper Fi for weeks, the quilt is in conclusion to the hand-stitching-only stage. I was determined to meet it finished earlier the weekend was over, too it fought me every stride of the way. My friend Lyndsey reminded me that beingness inwards The Outer Limits was causing my thread problems. (Smacks mitt to forehead.) Of course! It alone makes sense.
Toward the cease of the 24-hour interval on Saturday, I'd walked away from the quilting inwards frustration over ongoing problems amongst thread breakage. It's no exaggeration to tell I couldn't stitch to a greater extent than than most half dozen inches without getting to a greater extent than or less other break. Everything was tried to right the problem, including switching out a half-empty spool for a amount one. When the problems continued sun morning, Smitty convinced me to boot that Aurifil thread to the curb.
Previously, I've used Aurifil thread on Eliza amongst success. For whatever reason, this white thread was giving me fits, too thence I switched it out for a less-expensive spool of Essentials thread. I've used Essentials for years, too it did the fox for this quilt. My thread breakage problems disappeared, too I could quilt along my merry way. When it was finished, I took it downstairs too spread it out on the floor. It's such a huge quilt, it's difficult to teach a practiced motion painting of it, but hither goes:
Inspector Smitty at your service! I'll need exactly a few minutes to fully accuse my lasers, too and thence I'll hold upwards fix to give this quilt a practiced once-over.
SAAAADDDDIEEEEEE!!! MOM FINISHED THE SEMPURR FI QUILT! IT'S TIME TO GET TO WORK!
Stop yelling, Smitty. I'm right here. I idea nosotros agreed nosotros weren't doing whatsoever to a greater extent than quilt inspections until we'd renegotiated our treats-for-service contract. You direct hold to hold upwards furrm inwards these task disputes or you'll never teach anywhere.
Oh, you're right, Sadie. I furrgot most that. It's withal a practiced oppurrtunity for me to hold upwards photographed for my novel Purrine Corps recruiting poster. Which business office of the quilt shows off my furs best?
We had to aspect for Smitty to complete upwards his photograph shoot, but too thence I was able to teach a lilliputian closer to the quilting.
While I was waiting for him, I made upwards a lilliputian label for the back.
And I had fourth dimension to sew together the binding strips together too teach it pressed for auto sewing.
I was form of dreading wrestling the quilt on my domestic machine, but later most 45 minutes, it was finished too fix for hand-sewing.
It's waiting downstairs for me, clips inwards place, too I'll teach started on that today.
The alone other sewing I did yesterday was to stitch upwards the starting fourth dimension of iii snowmen for this go-round on "I Believe inwards Snowmen." This is the eighth of sixteen embroidered blocks for this quilt.
When I came upstairs to write this post, I left Sadie considering how she powerfulness snag a morning time snack from the hummingbird feeder. The window drinking glass presents a pregnant impediment to her purrogress.
Today's fourth dimension volition hold upwards measured inwards lengths of thread. I desire to focus on hand-stitching the quilt binding, but I'll in all probability halt every 2 lengths of thread to do something else. There are 2 to a greater extent than Tiny Tree blocks to make, too I need to teach later the applique for the side yesteryear side Dancing Chickens & Flying Pigs block. Also, I merely must pick out handgrip of upwards on to a greater extent than or less housekeeping chores. I don't know most you, but a quilt takes over my life when I'm pushing through to a finish. I'm getting an early on start, thence we'll exactly meet how far I tin teach today.