I feel like my quilting is getting a little better. Or, maybe I just am having a better time and feeling a little more confident. Either way, I am having a great time.

I should have a new quilt to show soon. The quilt I am talking about is a stacked coin quilt, I finished the top about a year ago. Not wanting to invest a lot of money in a back I folded it up and stashed it away.  About a week ago I decided to pull it and use a backing I had purchased a while ago but forgot I had. (Big oops, am I becoming one of those fabric hoarders? )

I also picked up a book from Amazon "Quilting and Color made easy" by Susan Mckelvey and Janet Wickell.  Great book takes the guess work and of how and why color goes together.

I also found a tutorial on Jeni's website: In color order, I follow her blog religiously.  She does a fantastic job and her quilts will have you drooling!  Click on the button for a great tutorial on color, you will probably find many other helpful tutorials!
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Be well,

Promise I Promise

I still remember that I have a blog and my "promise" or word to post my quilts. I just have suddenly found myself with no time to actually put that into action.

I have completed three quilts.. NO, not created but completed.

Quilt number one-- needed binding.
Quilt number two-- needed quilting to be finished and binding.
Quilt number three-- well, that was done a long time ago and I'm not sure I want to display it.
The quilting is not so good and I actually picked out some of the stitching hoping I would re-quilt it.
It was before I knew you shouldn't shove and push your quilts through AND to be sure the tension was correctly set.  So, the quilt has those long threads that appear as if they are just laying accross the top of the quilt-- if you know what  I mean. Quilt three also has different colors of thread in the quilt top because I was trying to convey a message. What a funny thing to do with your first quilt, you would think I would stick with just getting the quilt together, but oh no, my mind wants to make it more intriquing than that.  I'm not going to tell you the message I wanted to convey because I still like the idea and I'm determined to get it done at some point.

So I will post them with in a couple of days.  Keep in mind: I have basically taught myself to quilt and sew, but for the 6 week lesson by my dear friend Shirley many years ago. So-- really not so bad.

Gotta tell you my dear husband asked why I spend so much time sewing, cutting, and ironing but he is not seeing any results.  Sigh---- who wants to tell him that a quilter has many projects going at once?

Off to take my daughter to visit a couple prospective colleges.

Be Well

Pardon the loose threads. I guess there are certain things you don't see until you get them into a frozen moment. I will do a better job at clipping for posting. Maybe even take better pictures.

I have always felt a desire to be one of those people that is artistic. The person that express themselves through either painting, photography, or even dance. The problem was that I could never get those thoughts or feelings from my head to a form of art. Trust me, I've tried.

About seven years ago a friend in the church took on the task of teaching me and my daughters how to sew... a quilt.  It was a great summer.  Once a week we would pack our sewing machine and scraps of material and head over to Shirley's house. One of us would sew strips on a 7" block of material, one would iron and the other would cut. It took an entire summer but we ended up with a queen sized scrap quilt top.  We never did get around to quilting it.

Now, seven years later I've found myself with a passion for quilts.  It was "renewed" when I one day went to a fabric store just to kill time and wander. I wanted something to do.

Well--- here I am. 

I hope to post the pictures as I go.

It will be me and only me thought. I am pretty okay with that.
My girls have moved on in age and being in high school they have no desire to be at the sewing machine, or ironing board with mom.

Be well



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