January arrived for real some time last night, with snow and blowing snow, temps of -22C with a wind chill of -31C. My furry companion, Diesel, knows
exactly how to deal with this weather: turn one's back on it and catch a few z-z-z-z-z s.
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Blanket Buttonhole Stitch Block - TAST Week 2 |
Me? I've been in the Sewing Studio. Last evening I set my mind to this week's Crazy Quilt Block for TAST, and this morning, while listening to the podcast at
Nonnie's Quilting Dreams, I finished it. I had great fun with this piece, and got a bit carried away with the beads. My in-line
blanket buttonhole stitch is quite good, but it proved a challenge to use it for couching and on velour. And yes...my 'wheels' need work if I am to do them on fabric that's not specifically laid out for embroidery (silk is quite different than aida cloth or even-weave linen!)
Then, with Peter Tongni and
CBC 2's Choral Concert as accompaniment, I headed to my sewing machine and made up a couple more rows on the Orca Bay Mystery Quilt top. So large that it now fills my design wall, hanging down to the floor, I've decided to make a separate unit of the last 8 rows. I'll attach it to the first 9 once I'm finished. Measuring for the borders will be tricky -- I'll have to move furniture to lay it out on the kitchen floor! This is not the largest quilt I've ever made, but I lived in a larger house the last time I did something like this...
Certainly this top has more pieces than any I've ever created, and will have to be very densely quilted to deal with the bulk of all those seams and junctions!
What's in the plan for this afternoon? As it continues to blow, I'm staying warm with
The Quilt Show, (always lots to see on that site!), perhaps an episode of
Antiques Road Show, my knitting...and maybe -- just maybe -- I'll curl up with Diesel. Stay warm!
