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| Houses quilt with hydrangia |
I did it, I finished one of my quilts. Encouraged by A Lovely Year of Finishes
(Challenge) I decided I wanted to finish a very old project. This project was started at least five years
ago, probably more. What usually stalls
me is making a back and then actually quilting.
I bought a longarm machine about four years ago so that I could actually
quilt, I also thought it would be a good idea to quilt for others to
pay for my machine. Well I now quilt for
others almost all the time and my quilts wait patiently at the back of the
closet. Thank goodness for A Lovely Yearof Finishes, I just needed a little help, and a challenge or deadline will do it
for me.
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| House Sampler quilt |
Something else that stalled me on this quilt was deciding
how to quilt it, I kept thinking something special, in each block together with
trees and rocks and skies. Well after
doing a couple of customer house quilts with pantographs and talking to a few
other longarm quilters I decided a pantograph would be just fine. Thank goodness, otherwise this quilt would
still be waiting. I used the Blowing in
the Wind pantograph by Irene Steele of Willow Leaf Studios and a light olive
coloured thread.
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| Blowing in the Wind pantograph |
For the backing I chose to go through my stash and pick all
the larger pieces of matching fabrics and piece them.
So now it is quilted and bound and I am thinking about a
project for October. Stop by
SewBitterSweet designs to see what others have finished or to join A LovelyYear of Finishes challenge fun for
October.
Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much
to do. It comes from not finishing what
they’ve started. ~ David Allen
