Here’s a pic of the little quilt I finished up this morning:

I appliquéd the cat after the quilt was basted together with the batting and backing, just as an experiment. I basted the layers with water soluble thread, then appliquéd the prepared pieces onto the quilt through all three layers, free-motion quilting them at the same time with coordinating thread. The basket and the fabrics in it were applied after the quilt was bound Read the rest of this entry »

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I looked at my UFO spreadsheet yesterday, and realized that I only have 25 unfinished projects listed. That’s so much better than when I started the list a few years ago. In other words, I am making progress, just a little slower than originally planned. But, seeing that there are only 25 on that list made me want to hurry up and finish them all! If I was really good (and really busy) I could do it in a year…

I am working on one now, anyway. It’s a small wallhanging that I started as a 16″ center block for a round-robin quilt group that I participated in years ago with the Black Forest Quilter’s Guild. I remember making three different blocks for the center of my quilt, because I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do (and the resulting quilt from the round robin is still on the UFO list, btw. *sigh*). This block is a picture of sorts, with a small quilt on a wall in the background, and a cat and a basket sitting on the table in front of the quilt. The cat is washing it’s face. This is another one of those quilts that I wouldn’t have been nearly as happy with if I’d finished it years ago, because I didn’t have the fabric that I used in the border back then. I’m quilting it now, and I’ll post pics when I’m done, of course.

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Shadow and I needed a break today:

I had a headache all day, and he was just taking advantage of the prone body, I’m sure!

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