Later that day I had planned on quilting the cherry table cloth in the usual boring manner- in the ditch, around the blocks...yawn! I was not looking forward to it. Remember this was an unfinished project - unfinished for a reason! I started thinking about what Linda said about this quilting method-how easy it was and I saw for myself how lovely it looked....so I thought, be darned-I'm going to try it! So that afternoon that is what I did. Like anything, I could see definite improvements with practice. After a while it dawned on me that I was having fun quilting! 'Quilting' and 'Fun' in the same sentence! Unheard of....usually my shoulders ache, I am tense and lots of cuss words are flowing from the ol' sweat room- but not yesterday! Yesterday I was singing to the radio....while quilting!! So Linda I thank you! I have taken a giant step away from stitching in the ditch! And although my project isn't perfect I tried something new and I had fun doing it! Here's a sneak peek....
Now for the scalloped edges....
A GOOD THING:
At Hand-Quilting on Wednesday, Leah brought in ANOTHER finished quilt top ready to be hand quilted. The entire quilt is made from scraps that she had in her scrap bag or scraps from fellow quilters. It really is stunning! Leah is a wonderful quilter and makes donation quilts every week to be given away to various charities and hospitals . Leah and her quilts are truly a good thing!
Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Quilting!!
I'm going to check out the link in a minute. However, that quilt Leah made is stunning!! And to think it's all pieces of scraps...that's what I love about it. Awesome!!
ReplyDeleteI like how you quilted your quilt. I use to do "stitch in a ditch". Once I found out how much fun using a darning foot was and meandering throughout the quilt, I left the stitch in the ditch method.
Hope you are having wonderful weather over where you are. Hugs..
Yes Linda is a sweet lady. Is Leah going to donate this quilt?
ReplyDeletePeople who are generous with their knowledge are such a blessing. I learned some time ago that I hate machine quilting so now do it by hand, which is why I stopped making large quilts. The one I'm working on at present is the last quilt I tried to machine quilt which is partly why it was abandoned. But I WILL finish it...!
ReplyDeletesuch wonderful quilts, Stunning. Love you peek at your quilting too, intriguing. I will check out that link too. Soo good
ReplyDeleteI love quilting wavy grids -- yours looks good!
ReplyDeleteBoy what a lovely quilt especially as it made from scraps it beautiful
ReplyDeleteam going to check the site now that you memtion
Hugs Janice
Isn't it just wonderful to be inspired and then to discover you can do it too! I love the internet and all that it's inspired and taught me to do.
ReplyDeleteGoodness me, not only doing all these UFO's, but finding time to learn and do something new too. Well done you.
ReplyDeletePS Have you got some energy to spare? If so could you wrap it up and send it to me please?