Fried egg day

So, I let go of my need to fix this quilt. I quilted it yesterday and bound it, and after I washed it, I must say, it looks pretty darn cute. It really bunched up nicely. I tried a few new things in free motion machine quilting, different patterns, sizes, etc. And it gave it a lot of nice texture, which I am pleased with.

You can click the photos to see them larger.

I did the Tiniest meandering stipple a round the letters, and they puffed up so nice. although I really had a stiff neck and back after concentrating so hard on doing that!

Some leaves, vines, small and large flowers, random patterns all over, and a favorite is using the stripes for the binding. I added some other bits, as, funny enough, I don't like them to be "TO PERFECT" ha! right? After my deliberation on it not being perfect from some unplanned errors, that seems very contradictory, but even if I had it perfect, I'd do something wonky to it ON PURPOSE... I know. Someone please help me... ;-p

A date with Home Depot.
I'm off to buy a tiller for my garden.
sigh. I love home depot.

ahhhh, the things that makes a farm girl happy...

Happy Weekend!

tuesday

Having been away, I realized today how many projects I need to get done ASAP... I was working on the stacked coins quilt, and got tired of the over and over rhythm of sewing all those together!

I wasn't in the mood to machine quilt, and I knew I had to get a baby quilt done. Since I had bought fabric in Florida for the quilt and then, Left it in the hotel room... I was antsy waiting to get the fabric. So I dug through my stash, and started free piecing a bunch of stuff together. (of course two hours later the fabric arrived fed ex.)

I sort of dazed off thinking about, Tonya's 3" letters, Wanda's use of many different prints together, Amy's pin wheel quilt, All the wonky stars people have been making and the 9 patch quilt I just finished... And well, this is what happened with all those thoughts.

It's not something I would normally do. But I think sometimes an experiment can be a good thing to try. I learned a few things, made a bunch of mistakes. (I'm this close to ripping it apart and evening out the background) But I won't. I fight the urge to be perfect.

Anyway,

Most of all and most importantly,

A sweet little baby girl won't mind cuddled up in it.





The evening sun is becoming stronger in our apartment later, which is the sure sign that spring and summer are getting nearer and leaving old man winter behind.

Last night B and I were in the studio, we looked up and saw the amazing light on the ugly buildings... It looked like rainbows in the glass. mmmm. Sort of a stop and smell the roses kind of feeling. We had to grab the camera...