This week I overextended myself. Yesterday, after getting off the hook for two tiramisus I had promised for friends' birthdays, I decided to relax for a bit after work - which only resulted in pushing back my schedule a couple of hours, and I finally went to bed around 2.30 this morning. good times.
I got Emily's quilt very almost finished - I sandwiched it at my mom's house (hardwood floors, I would kill for you) and took it home to quilt while I did laundry and watched Jesus Camp - absolutely terrifying film. Very good though. For some reason, my camera does not like to represent the actual colors of this quilt so you'll have to deal with this snap, I guess. This is pre-quilting; by the time I got the binding on I couldn't even think of where the camera might have run off to, so I just went to bed. I'll take one more when I finish sewing the binding tonight (in LA at Michela's house!!)
I also thought I'd take a picture of the "designated picnic blanket" I finished last week. I know it seems like I've been sewing a lot lately - and I have - but lots of the stuff I've been working on has been in the works for ages. For instance, I got all the fabric for this one when I was working at the quilt shop in 2001 or so. I got less and less excited about it as the years went on, but somehow I kept plugging away at it and put the last stitch in last Friday at poker night. The back is obnoxious green, which will hide any grass stains, and the plaid front is sure to hide any food spills, plus I was so excited to just get it DONE that I didn't care about the quilting, resulting in many puckers on the back. But nobody cares. I quilted it in straight lines across in several different colors of thread, matching the different colors in the quilt. The bottom threads are all shades of green. It's pretty cool.
That's about it. I'm heading down to LA in about four hours to kick it with Michelie, and Brian, and Mosco, and Scotty (yay!), and drive to San Diego for my cousin's wedding. Good times.Love,
mcnabbs
2 comments:
really love what you've done with that first quilt. I am inspired to do something similar......I'll give you a shout out if it actually ever gets made
Dear Abby, I like your choice of color. I'm new to blogging, but not to quilting. Been at the sewing machine since 1961. Roz
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