I basted a bunch more shapes to the Tilda quilt this week. I think there are maybe ten more that need to go on to this center section. I did appliqué the rest of the green stems, so that was a a start to get closer to the finish. This quilt will be done before the recipients first birthday, really.

The pattern templates for the Eclipse quilt arrived yesterday. I made cardboard templates with them and promptly cut the 81 ten inch squares into convex and concave pieces. Sewing them together will take a bit longer, but the tedium is done.

The zippers and extra 1/4″ basting tape also arrived yesterday, for the two cushion covers. Everything is cut and ready for those to be finished. I also cut four 12 inch pillow covers out, I think I will have enough zipper to finish all of these by this weekend. I am honing my upholstery sewing skills with the very helpful videos on the Sailrite web site. I feel so much more confident in the making of these cushions. Three dimensional things are sewn a bit differently, and the ½ inch seam allowance makes it easier. Maneuvering the bulky fabric however, makes it tough on my hands.

The haunted house is finally finished, it took the longest, not because it was the most dense one of the 12, but because I took a month off from stitching on it. I started on the log cabin, the last one – hooray. I had been shopping for a frame, looking at some of the more decorative moldings. I want to frame this myself, since I stitched it on even weave aida cloth, it should be easy to get mounted straight and square. The finished size is 19″ x 26″, most of the frames I was looking at were over a hundred dollars, and truthfully not that nice looking. I did think of an old poster I had framed in the late 1900’s, that was about the same size. I found it at the back of my closet, and it is 19″ x 28″. I can even re-use the backing board to mount the cloth on for the win!

The Winter Village is slowly getting quilted. I wanted to use a blue bobbin thread, called Hawaiian Blue as it matched the backing very well. There were only two left of that color in my stash, so I ordered another jar of them. That order was canceled (due to no inventory) two days later, so I had to find it else where and order it again. I can sew two rows of the feathers with a full bobbin, which has 135 yards on it. I stopped at three rows, just waiting on the mailman now.

I’m also waiting on delivery of the first installment of the Blooming Beauty BOM, End of the month delivery is okay, since the constellation Starry Signs BOM is the first week of the month. Once these blocks are done, I’ll think about what is next on the to-do list. Looking back to my January 30th post, I have a list, and I don’t think I am going to do the Bonnie Hunter Old Town quilt yet, or maybe not at all. I may start the batik log cabin I have in mind, must stay focused.

Be Kind.