noun

whimsy

US   /ˈwɪm.zi/ UK   /ˈwɪm.zi/

unusual, funny, and pleasant ideas or qualities: 

Add a touch of whimsy to your room with these cat sculptures.

Yesterday I was starting to get a description together for the Mad Masquerade quilts. I did a cut/paste from a previous quilt, but it sounds a little stiff. How do you describe the funky, spooky, weird, mystical zombie-like things that J Wecker Frisch draws? They aren’t cute, they aren’t really Halloween, but the orange and black lends itself to that. Non traditional halloween? Ghoulish, not really, but sort of “uncomfortable” in an acceptable way? So whimsy comes to mind, weird whimsy? Serendipity? must think on it. I did get the two quilts bound, cheddar for the win/finish.

This week was one for finishes of all the things I have been working on.

• Sold and shipped four quilts
• Shipped completed client quilt
• Delivered completed dog beds
• Bound the two Masquerade quilts
• Finished memory quilt top
• Appliquéd memory quilt backing

Last night I cut the pieces for the blocks in the Shine and Conquer quilt. There are many 1 ½” strips to make the outer blocks. The instructions are bare-minimum, which I take as a challenge, others may not, this kit should have come with a warning, not for beginners, because if I was, I probably would have struggled.

I had a day of appliqué, for the memory quilt. After watching a video from The Fat Quarter Shop, I was ready to fuse and sew. Who knew you could fuse Minkee? I used lightweight wonder-under and a pressing cloth. They recommend setting the iron to synthetics, but it wasn’t hot enough on my iron, I went with the silk setting. I cut all the letters out and carefully lined them up, ironed them on and went to work sewing them down. I used a universal needle, 40 weight thread, and a blanket stitch. There was no tunneling, or stretching, which was my main concern in attempting this. Two of the most important steps were finding the grainline of the fabric and keeping the nap going in the same direction. I thought I would have to use tear-a-way stabilizer on the back, but it all worked out. Quilting this is going to be “fun”. Clients are choosing a panto, maybe sea shells.

Tuesday I did not stitch any “X’s”, I went to bed a little early and knitted a few more rounds on the Good Morning blanket. Last night I added a few more rows of barn, its mindless stitching (70 across), once I get the orange floral motifs stitched. Maybe I’ll stitch a cow today, break up the red stitching.

As I was packing up the sold quilts, I found the Morning Glory quilt, it is still waiting for a binding. Not sure how that happened, but I’d like to get that done this week. I seem to remember wanting to bind it with green. Maybe the green checkered fabric I got and didn’t use for the Strawberry Fizz quilt series. That leads to another tangent thought, I have a few more quilts to photograph and get into the store. I have been wanting to up-date a few of my listings with new/better photos too. That’ll be a project for next week, my DH is going out of town for two weeks. It’s going to be quilting retreat time for me, might even make a few crock-pot meals to last a few days.

Be Kind.