Tuesday, January 26, 2016

A Tisket A Tasket (Photo Included)

I finished the previous quilt and started the next one. It is smaller, a large crib quilt size, 60 x 45, so even though it is entirely hand-pieced, I have finished the top and marked it. I like yellow, I like  traditional, I don't like piecing, and I am not that good at hand sewing other than applique but this is more of a stopgap quilt while I solidify my thoughts on my next project which will be much more detailed and elaborate. I wrote a while ago that I was in a yellow frame of mind and the background is one of the fabrics that I purchased. It was initially intended to be the back of another quilt  but my husband thought it was too aggressive for the softer front so it became the front and the back of this one. I am old enough to remember the song, "A Tisket, A Tasket, A Green And Yellow Basket" so that is what I am calling this one.  I saw an antique quilt with similar colors in an old book called Country Quilts. There weren't any instructions and the original was bigger. 

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Still Flawed, But Finished

Although the quilt still has issues involving wavy borders, it is finished. I cannot blame my husband for the problems since it was my sloppy sewing that caused them, but he is primarily responsible for the extra borders since he wanted it large enough to fit on the bed. The colors are close to the drape and wall colors of our bedroom which makes the room darker. I am glad it is done so I can move on to the next quilt. This one just wasn't satisfying.

 
This picture shows some of the trapunto accents in the quilt. I like the center of the quilt but that's about it.

Friday, January 15, 2016

I Will Be Done Tomorrow

I will finish binding the quilt tomorrow. After that comes the soaking, the drying, then the photos. I am glad I am close. I like the center but have not been crazy about the rest since my husband asked if it could be made larger to fit our bed. 

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Nearly Done

No pictures yet but I am nearly done with the Princess Feather quilt. Initially I hoped to finish by Christmas but then my son wanted a hand-knit scarf. Once I finished that I got back to the quilting and now my goal is to finish by our wedding anniversary, February 7th. It's astonishing that it will be 46 years. I am a fairly organized person (not neat you understand but I always make a plan), so I have a pretty good idea what I am going to work on next. I have been admiring an antique basket quilt done in sort of jellybean colors for years--yellow background, mint  and cherry red accents and then light and dark values of pink and blue and purple, etc. So that's my current plan.