A Handi Quilter Long arm is just what I needed to finally finish this quilt! It's been a unfinished top
since 2008-09. Some of you may even recall the story behind the quilt, of my views out of my studio windows in NYC. The quilt is called, "CHEAP HOTELS." Yes, that's what it's called.
I used to have a lovely view looking up town in NYC, then one day a whole slew of not as expensive hotels, (aka, cheap) moved in and built massively tall buildings cutting off my views. OLD POST HERE. Funny enough, the view has of course changed yet again, as a building went up directly behind my building, so even this view does not exist anymore! LOL! Oh well, perhaps a new inspiration will strike me.
I straight lined the quilting, I'm still on my learning curve with this machine. I used the invisible thread on the top of this, and I learned a few tricks along the way, but my patience is the number one thing that still needs to grow. We all need more of that right? I will go in and do some hand stitching on this as well, but not today. It may take another year just to get this finished the way I'd like for it to be! one thing at a time.
Trimmed, and ready to be admired for now.
Must get busy... only a few days until Beatrice is home! Gotta get that room done! ;-)
OOPS! one more thing, had to come back and edit... I went back and found the quilt I was working on when I gathered these scraps from in the first place... the red and white pieces came from THIS quilt. all the scraps went in to a box, along with black scraps from another quilt, which I can't find at the moment... and one rainy day, I started sewing the bits together... sounds familiar right?
check out the OLD post on the Get Well quilt... It's pretty fun to see how it came together...
LOVE your new quilt, V! Good for you on the article, too. You're making quite the splash, girl!!
ReplyDeleteHa! Love the title of the magazine article...Quilt Complex! Want to read all about it.
ReplyDeleteLove Cheap Hotels. The quilt lines are perfect for that quilt. So modern and fresh. I have quilted several pieces in that manner, on my regular sewing machine, and I know patience! It is sometimes a sour taste, but the fruit born from patience is sweet. Congrats on the magazine article. You look summery and so sincere in your bare feet. Your hard work is paying dividends.
ReplyDeleteLove your "Cheap Hotels" and the story that goes with it. Lovely pics and mag article. Think I've seen that gorgeous gal somewhere before.
ReplyDeletenice to see that Get Well quilt again -- I remember when you were making it in Lazy Gal's class.
ReplyDeleteLovely transformation from view to quilt. Is that article readable online anywhere?
ReplyDeleteI've abandoned all hope of making anything for the architecture challenge, BTW, now planning to repurpose that fabric pile for DWR :-).
Gorgeous Victoria! At least there's one thing to like about cheap hotels now!
ReplyDeleteLove your work. I am very interested in more details on the invisible thread you used. I also got an HQ earlier in the year and would like to use invisible thread on some tops.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see your work in a few months. This looks great and I bet your learning curve will be short!
ReplyDeleteLove the composition and colors on this one! Beautiful
ReplyDeleteI really like your Cheap Hotels quilt. The graphic design I'd wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your Cheap Hotels quilt! It is a beauty! Did you use a channel lock for the quilting? I recently bought an HQ Avante but haven't used the channel lock yet.
ReplyDeleteHa, what great inspiration! I absolutely love your work and will be sending my mother out to pick up a copy of that magazine for me (assuming it's still on stands!) ;)
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