By the skin of my teeth

I pulled the warm quilt from the dryer with just enough time to tuck it into a tissue paper filled bag and head to Grandma's.

In one day

In one day I: finished marking a quilt, basted it, and quilted the entire thing. I also took out the garbage for pick-up (blessing upon the person who invented trash pick-up), washed, dried and folded two loads of laundry, and cooked dinner for my husband, myself, my sister and five kids.

So, if there are any typos in this post, please pardon me. I'm a little tired.

I can only hope the stitching will hold up for more than two washes. I'm a little nervous . . .

as promised

This is the first quilt I've truely done from start to finish with patterns. On my other three there have always been significant parts that I either made up or I outright just flew (sewed) by the seat of my pants.

For the

quilting I'm using a heart pattern. Now, I'm not normally a heart kind of girl, but this quilt is for my Grandma. The woman who taught me to sew in the first place. So, for her, I'll do hearts.

If you look closely, you can see glasses I'm having to wear to get all this fine detail work done without headaches. I really hate them.

Here is a slightly more close-up view. I'm hoping to finish the marking for the quilting lines and get it basted before this evening. Ambitious, I'm afraid.

Scaredy cat

There is nothing like taking the 326 piece quilt top you've just finished piecing together and drawing all over the top of it with a blue marker! (Photos to follow)

Given the sporadic nature of my posts, low readership shouldn't be surprising. But, I am thrilled to discover there is someone reading this pitiful, directionless, and sporadic blog - and she isn't even related to me! So, thanks, Meghan.

My latest . . .

Well, blogger adds things in weird order sometimes. Here is the back of my most recent quilt. I did some straight line stitching alternating with free motion quilting:

Here is the front of the quilt. I must add that my husband greatly objected to these photos. He wanted to take them outdoors in the daylight in a more interesting setting. I however, just wanted pictures. Of course, now, I wish I had headed his advice. For your sake. Anyway, I think it turned out pretty well. Considering this was only my third quilt, and only the second one that was actually quilted (the first I tied). I'm well on my way to the fourth quilt. Maybe I'll get some photos of it posted, soon.

I don't know how big my readership is. I suspect it is zero - or one if you count me. I feel so ambiguous about this blog. On one hand I want it to be on par with one of the many amazing craft blogs I read. On the other hand, I'm just not that disciplined, and often find myself exhausted with other obligations. Time will tell I suppose.