School was cancelled again today so I was "forced" to work on some quilts a little!!! It is absolutely beautiful outside---sunny--but oh so cold!!! We lost electricity for a little while this morning and it sent the hubby out to buy gasoline for the generator. Me---I called my daughter to see if her electricity was out (it wasn't) so I alerted her she may have company tonight if ours didn't come back on. IT DID!!!! At any rate, we are ready, but hopefully will not have to put emergency plans into action.
Now on the quilty front---I worked on the "Trip" today. I really do want to complete it and not put it away as I did last year. My commitment is even if I start a new quilt, I MUST work on a UFO as well. Since I always work on multiple projects at the same time, that isn't a hard commitment to keep. I now have only 3 more rows or 24 more blocks to go. It is really coming along nicely I think. I am going to stop by Joanne's with one of my coupons and buy some extra wide muslin for the back. I think unbleached will go nicely with the busy front. There are little areas of color concentration, but I like the spontaneity of it. Even with those areas, the triangles are very visible. As I move toward the end I must confess, I am not spending a lot of thought into the color orders, concentrating more on contrast and not having a strata with the same fabrics. Seems to be working out okay. I am also pressing my seams open making it easier to quilt with so many seams. To keep the edges from fraying when I cut the sections, I have shortened my stitch and make sure I sew off the seam at the beginning and end so the threads sorta twist and lock themselves. After each section, I also "stay stitch" the sides to cut down on the edges stretching. The quilt is in two sections in the picture. When I add the three rows to the bottom section, then I will sew the two together for the completed top. Just how I work since it is easier to handle two sections rather than one large sections as I add rows. Cuts down on stretching as well.
Well keep warm. I will probably go back to work tomorrow (I have an early clinical) since my hubby says although the roads are really bad in the neighborhood, they aren't bad once you get on the main ones. It is just I have to leave so darn early---I have to be at the hospital at 6:30!!!! and that is when it is the coldest!!!! Oh well---spring will be here soon!
Now on the quilty front---I worked on the "Trip" today. I really do want to complete it and not put it away as I did last year. My commitment is even if I start a new quilt, I MUST work on a UFO as well. Since I always work on multiple projects at the same time, that isn't a hard commitment to keep. I now have only 3 more rows or 24 more blocks to go. It is really coming along nicely I think. I am going to stop by Joanne's with one of my coupons and buy some extra wide muslin for the back. I think unbleached will go nicely with the busy front. There are little areas of color concentration, but I like the spontaneity of it. Even with those areas, the triangles are very visible. As I move toward the end I must confess, I am not spending a lot of thought into the color orders, concentrating more on contrast and not having a strata with the same fabrics. Seems to be working out okay. I am also pressing my seams open making it easier to quilt with so many seams. To keep the edges from fraying when I cut the sections, I have shortened my stitch and make sure I sew off the seam at the beginning and end so the threads sorta twist and lock themselves. After each section, I also "stay stitch" the sides to cut down on the edges stretching. The quilt is in two sections in the picture. When I add the three rows to the bottom section, then I will sew the two together for the completed top. Just how I work since it is easier to handle two sections rather than one large sections as I add rows. Cuts down on stretching as well.
Well keep warm. I will probably go back to work tomorrow (I have an early clinical) since my hubby says although the roads are really bad in the neighborhood, they aren't bad once you get on the main ones. It is just I have to leave so darn early---I have to be at the hospital at 6:30!!!! and that is when it is the coldest!!!! Oh well---spring will be here soon!
See there is a reason for the snow! You need to finish this up before it affects your sanity... I know I'd get lost with making sure the diagonal colors work well. Good for you girlfriend!!
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Oh, I'm impressed! I started a "Trip" way back when everyone else was working on it - but it went by the way a long time ago. Yours is so pretty!!
ReplyDeleteThat quilt is gorgeous. So colourful and happy-looking! I have been promising myself I will make one, but I was worried about my WIPS. I like your theory that it is OK to start something new, as long as you work on a WIP too. That makes me feel less guilty about wanting to start a new project!
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