Okay, enough with the quilting already!!
I’ve got a pretty bad case of ‘pregnancy brain’ these days. Meaning, I can’t concentrate on anything. I’ve got a mile long list of things to do before the baby arrives- selling fall 09, packing up my studio, fastidious cleaning and organizing of my house, making half a dozen casseroles to freeze (haha I’m such a loser). . . and all I can seem to do is quilt!
Anyway- one of them is done! Yes, one of them- I decided to make two instead of one. I realized that the actual quilting of the two layers together would never work with such a similar pattern on each side. My quilting method of choice is “stitching the ditch” of the block piecing, and it would be impossible to line up the pieced sides together, and the ditch stitching would be super off on one side and it would look like crap. So, I opted for a flannel back, a couple of colours pieced together. I put two layers of polar fleece between the front and back, rather than the traditional batting. I have a lot of the stuff from making Caninjas, and I am following the buy nothing rule. And besides, it’s fluffy and warm.
So- voila- quilt # 1.
I call it “Daiquiris By the Fire”
yummy
refreshing
I really like it! I retract what I said about it being ugly. It’s gorgeous.
So, seriously, enough with the quilting! I am going to try to hold off on the second one until I am sewing in my new little sewing room at home. Wish me luck and strength.
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