I misplaced my cell phone over the last few days. It beeped last night about 11:30 pm to let me know it's battery was dead. I had just enough charge to check my messages and lo & behold - Alice called Friday to let me know that her quilt took the first place ribbon for Machine Quilting at their guild's challenge on Thursday! WOW! I'm "an award winning quilter" (ok, let's not get hung up on technicalities . . . . . that it's a tiny guild in a tiny town and may not even actually hand out REAL ribbons ~ let's just enjoy the moment, LOL)
Yikes! Can't figure out how to turn the picture of Alice's whole quilt, I guess we'll have to tip our heads to see it, sorry ;)
Also, the trapunto wall hanging is done. I am already working on ideas for the next one. It was fun, but a lot of work too. I spoke too soon in the earlier post, by the time all was said and done, I'd snipped the top at least a dozen times -- a couple of them were doozies too! I used "liquid stitch" to repair most of them, only a few still show. I dunked it last night to remove the blue marking and the disolveable thread. I actually have it here at work finishing drying - I couldn't bear to leave it at home ;) I can see lots of areas to improve on the next one. I need to trim the batting even closer ~ and yet, not snip the top so much, sheesh! That will be a task. The shadow coloring worked out wonderfully. I used a hot pink cotton fabric and it shows up as a light rasberry on the top - too cool. I plan to show it at guild next Wednesday (unless I finish the next one first, it will look better!)
Work is fine. Pastor John took this week off for vacation and told me on Tuesday. So we'll have to send the July newsletter out a little late. I'm sure he forgot that I won't be here on Wednesday (quilt guild) so that will push the newsletter back another day . . . . . maybe we should just send postcards that say, "not much news, watch for the August newsletter" lol!
Ok, off to get some work done, while I daydream about my next project (it will have purple for its' shadow coloring, and should be easier to trim!)
Yikes! Can't figure out how to turn the picture of Alice's whole quilt, I guess we'll have to tip our heads to see it, sorry ;)
Also, the trapunto wall hanging is done. I am already working on ideas for the next one. It was fun, but a lot of work too. I spoke too soon in the earlier post, by the time all was said and done, I'd snipped the top at least a dozen times -- a couple of them were doozies too! I used "liquid stitch" to repair most of them, only a few still show. I dunked it last night to remove the blue marking and the disolveable thread. I actually have it here at work finishing drying - I couldn't bear to leave it at home ;) I can see lots of areas to improve on the next one. I need to trim the batting even closer ~ and yet, not snip the top so much, sheesh! That will be a task. The shadow coloring worked out wonderfully. I used a hot pink cotton fabric and it shows up as a light rasberry on the top - too cool. I plan to show it at guild next Wednesday (unless I finish the next one first, it will look better!)
Work is fine. Pastor John took this week off for vacation and told me on Tuesday. So we'll have to send the July newsletter out a little late. I'm sure he forgot that I won't be here on Wednesday (quilt guild) so that will push the newsletter back another day . . . . . maybe we should just send postcards that say, "not much news, watch for the August newsletter" lol!
Ok, off to get some work done, while I daydream about my next project (it will have purple for its' shadow coloring, and should be easier to trim!)
