Quilt Labels
This is practice for the quilt label. I'm going to use a pigma pen, which isn't here yet because I had to order a pink one because I don't want stark black on the back of the quilt. Usually I embroider the label, but I have to load in each line one letter at a time because I have a Bernina and they don't support Macs, or maybe now they do and I just haven't heard it? Anyway, the single letter thing takes forever, and I'm always worried I'll make a spelling mistake and not realize it until it chugs out from under the presser foot, at the very end of the line.
Plus I think Quilt Otaku's labels are gorgeous and I need to try my hand at one like hers.
As a side note, I've totally forgotten how to write in proper cursive, and didn't realize until I started practicing.
Vivian's Sherbet Quilt
It was so beautiful today I took a set of photos outside after I finished inside.
Stitching Companion
I can't stitch a binding without a good movie in the background. This is Wives & Daughters, I think I chose it because this guy was in it? It's been in my Netflix for a while, so I'm not sure anymore.
The costume details are so easy to see when the screen is on my lap, I think I'll switch to watching period movies on my laptop.
Keeping Track
This is one of my grandma's quilting tricks, I was reminded of it while I was being acupunctured last weekend. She would load five or ten needles, quilt until each was empty, and then count them again before getting up from her chair to be sure none were left floating around.
I've been lucky enough to have two long chats with two good friends in the last two days. It's so rejuvenating, which is delightful. It's a treat, and a bit of a surprise to enjoy it so much, every time. Kristi (Vivian's mom) was nursing, so I could hear all of Vivian's newborn burbles and squeaks while her mom shared their birth story. Newborns! I need one of my own! It'll be a snap the second time around, right?
Katie's son George was talking in the background too, and he sounds like such a little boy now. He's a bit older than Merrick and putting together phrases and questions, making one of those sudden leaps as toddlers do. I love that he's a bit older, hearing Katie talk about him makes me so excited for Merrick's next steps.
It's Here!
Vivian's quilt came back from the quilter's today. I dropped it off about five weeks ago.
Variegated thread, the quilter's idea, I think it looks great.
Binding sewn to the front, just as I requested.
The tulip quilting pattern.
All I need now is a needle and thread, awesome.
Friday Archives
During Senior Studio (college) I made about a dozen quilted wall hangings. I would spend days dyeing fabric, then layering it on a backing and adding screen printing and machine embroidery.
I was too impatient to piece! Maybe it felt more surface designer-y? It's hard to remember what I was thinking then.
