I had very little time for quilting this week. I picked up my new MacBook Pro from the Apple Store on Tuesday and spent most of my time fiddling with Aperture. I even had a group training session at the Apple Store on Saturday morning.
I took a break from the Batik Flower Garden Quilting Sample Piece which you can see at the top of the picture above. I got out the Diamond Quilt and did some more work on the final border of hunter green hexagons.
The last time I reported on that border I had put in 6 hours and 43 minutes on it. Since then I have put in another 9 hours and 23 minutes. I still have about a quarter of the border yet to finish.
Lori decided that the quilt top had been laid out for her to enjoy. As it turned out I was able to work on it while she was laying on it because it is so big. Below are a number of shots of Lori enjoying the quilt top.
My plan for this week is to prepare things to take along with me for the quilting retreat I will be attending next weekend for the Central Jersey Modern Quilt Guild. We will be meeting in Bridgewater, NJ for three days.
I’ll prepare my quilt sample piece so I can work on that at the retreat and I will precut lots of burgundy squares and crimson squares so I can work on the large Batik Flower Garden Quilt.
I won’t be bringing a sewing machine to the retreat. I will be doing all hand work there. I could do that easily enough I home, but the main reason I want to go is to see what everyone else is doing and get to know people.
Love this! Can’t wait to see it all spread out! Don’t you just love how cats just assume that the quilt is all theirs??? My kitties seem to only want to sit in my lap when I have my hexie kit there!
Thank you. I am glad that you like it. This is the very first huge project I had worked on. It has been a long time in the making. I have two cats. Lori is the female cat, and she really loves to sit on my EPP work. My male cat doesn’t jump like he used to or he would probably sit on it too. Kitties generally like attention the most when you want to do something other than pay attention to them, especially Lori.
Your work is beautiful! I have been watching this come together and it is just amazing!!
Thank you. I am really excited that this first large quilt is finally coming to an end. I am dreading the basting though. It is going to be a huge job to baste this. I’m going to be setting up two tables side by side to handle the width when I do the basting. I have two Ikea tables in my studio that are exactly the same size so it should work to put them side by side. While I am dreading the basting, I am actually looking forward to the quilting. I intend to take my time doing it this Winter.
My cats do this too! They’re so helpful. I really can’t wait to see your finished quilt!
I’m glad you like it, and I can’t wait to share it in its finished form.
Looks great! I look forward to seeing more… Have fun on the retreat!