This week I am quilting pumpkins, seven of them, lots of pumpkin runners. Each one is different, and only two have matching pantographs, so thats good for me, not boring and I can get a lot done assembly line style. I carefully sewed four of the backings together alternating in a 6 inch wide piece of scrap. Then I loaded it on to the frame, everything is good and square. Next I went through my batting scraps and “found” 7 cut off pieces that were wide enough. Each runner is small/big enough to fit in my sewing area of the frame. That is a good thing, as I don’t have to worry about lining rows up nesting or advancing the quilt. I just baste down the top, put the design together in the screen and press GO. There were a few bobbles here and there, tension issues mostly due to WOW prints.

I made my Starry Skies block and got the moon block from the center panel done. I made it with a gray ombre, rather than the yellow gold, I want my stars to shine. I have the center stars yet to do, but I put everything away after the moon block. I plan on doing one or two when each new star block is released. Speaking of BOMs, I made the 60 or so block pieces (Feb March ) for the Blooming Beauties quilt. They are in their own designated art bin box waiting for the next installment.

The X&+ quilt is finished too, got the hanging sleeve sewn on yesterday. It’s all ready to ship out today, well after I pack it up. I made a two part sleeve with an open section in the center to accommodate the “hang-it” self leveling magnetic hanger I got for it. I really like this hanger, as it is really easy to install, one screw and as the name implies, it self levels. As long as the quilt is square, (ahem) it looks good on the wall.

The log cabin is logging many stitches. I want to finish this, soon, I really want to move on to something else. The squirrel was fun to stitch, I may start the moose that goes in the top right corner. All the green tree things are intense with many color changes. I am thinking I may change one of the green shades to a lighter one, as it is very close in value to the others. Thus the pattern is lost and blurry. If you look at the finished picture there is more color difference, in my first green square (lower left) there isn’t much.

Be Kind.