I showed a photo of my red and white quilt in progress over on the Book of Faces the other day and someone commented "cheer cheer the Red and the White" and I'm all "NO WAY José" (oh when the Saints go marching in...)
Anyway, this quilt.
This quilt was one. Big. Mistake.
I meant to quilt straight lines one inch apart. Except the metal gauge on my walking foot is too long, sticks out into the throat space and just gets in the way so I decided to gauge it by the foot only and my foot only goes to half an inch. So I have stitch lines going this way and that. HALF AN INCH APART oh dear baby Jesus save me now.
Last night in a fit of shoulder pain, I switched it up a little and did something one inch apart and sod that bloody walking foot gauge. It looks good. Sloppy, but good.
In the meantime, the other 4/5 of the quilt is half an inch apart, and it's a 60 inch quilt.
Oh, and I should tell you that I went to the quilt shop yesterday to buy more thread because 750 metres of Aurifil 28 weight is never going to go very far. The quilt shop that is only open Tuesday to Saturday and I can only go on Saturdays because I don't have a car during the week. And I bought a shedload of fabric for a group quilt I am organising, and not one spool of thread. NOT ONE. By the time I realised it was 3.57 pm and I was 20 minutes away.
Yeah, so the quilting of this quilt is going really well.
On the other hand, the orange peels are looking fabulous.
Five days to finished quilting a 3/4 finished quilt; and trim, sleeve, bind and label both of them. Sir, can I get an extension please?*
* I know I should be quilting and not blogging, but I'm on a break, ok?
It looks like your kicking goals from here. I bet you have just enough thread, or a strip of lines quilted in another colour could look great. Orange Peels is definitely looking fabulous, such a beautiful photo in the dappled sun.
ReplyDeleteJust enough thread in the end! Phew! It's like the tardis of spools!
DeleteI've got some white aurifil of you need some urgently.
ReplyDeleteYou are fabulous Lea! I'm all good now though.
DeleteKeep at it girl! You can do it.
ReplyDeleteNailed it! Phew! Now to trim and bind and and and. Should be a fun few nights in front of the telly I think!
DeleteHot damn the maple leaves look AWESOME! You can do this- then Friday night we can drink all the wine!
ReplyDeleteI am not only going to drink all the champers on Friday night, but eat all the pork belly and throw is some chorizo for good measure. I will have earned it!
DeleteYES!!! The quilts are looking great Michelle. You can do it! (Cheer cheer ...! :))
DeleteKeep going, you can do it, both your quilts are looking fantabulous.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Pip! It will all be worth it in the end. I really need to stop leaving things to the last minute!
DeleteIt looks great from here ! Really !
ReplyDeleteWe are the Navy Blues. We are the old dark Navy Blues. We're the team that never lets you down (cough), we're the only team old Carlton knows.
ReplyDeleteAh. So you're a saints supporter hey? Mmmm. How's that working out for you? Always time to shake down the thunder for the sky and cheer cheer the red and the white :)
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