For as long as I can remember, Saturdays are for laundry and cleaning-a quick whip-through so you can go and play in the sewing room. I can play anytime I want usually, but Saturdays still follow this schedule. I would say some habits become very deeply ingrained! After I whipped through this morning, I knew which project was calling me! When in Georgia, I bought this rainbow fabric for the border for the disappearing pinwheel rainbow quilt. I cut the strips on the lengthwise grain so keep the stripes just right-I think it is everything I wanted for the quilt!
This was a case of 'miters only' for the border plans. It worked out easily and now the quilt top joins the queue while I finish the quilt on the frame.
This is the one I'm working on now; the antique nine patches that Millie completed. I am quilting it freehand with a variety of patterns to echo the borders and then highlight the smaller blocks.
One nice part about the freehand work for quilts lately is that I can sit down while I do them. I cannot stand for the hours required for doing the pantographs. I will use them for smallers quilts as I can complete them in two hours instead of the 8-10 hours for a large quilt. It is going to work out well and I hope to have it done in a week!
I used the two left over skeins of Hawthorne yarn for a new sock-I am using one row per each skein and carrying the strands up the side seam for an invisible exchange. The interplay of colors is really making a very pretty sock! I hope you like it Marsel-it's for you!
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That is a gorgeous quilt! I love the borders. Miters are something I really struggle with. I have watched every You Tube video and tried it many times with ugly results. My brain just doesn't work that way so I have to do the ugly square fold at every corner.
ReplyDeletelovely colours on the quilt! and the sock - I like the way the two separate colours seem to mix in the sock... not sure that cubby hole shelves like yours would work for me. I don't have a cat that's keen to snuggle into one - but they would be stuffed so full that the balls would roll out again - even without the helping paws of a feline:)
ReplyDeleteAhhh, the quilt is gorgeous!!! Nice to have a souvenir fabric for the border. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the socks -- what a fun color blend!
The quilt is so pretty! I have a soft spot for rainbows :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great border fabric! Just right!
ReplyDeleteLove the way those two yarns are playing together!
You would never know that sock was made with two different yarns. They blend together perfectly. I never thought of doing it this way and you can bet I'll try this myself with left over sock yarn. Cool!!
ReplyDeleteYou have the best ideas.