Like a crazy woman

This week I have been totally obsessed with

pickle dish.

Any moment I could find I would stitch.

This is the result

The pattern calls for circles and stars to be appliqued

to all the seam points, I've decided to leave the space for

some fancy quilting so I'm on the look out for some 

templates.

happy stitching jenni

Tah Dah

I know this is not really a finish but I 

like to celebrate each milestone.

I feel this is a major milestone.

over twelve months of hand stitching,

the folly is finally a quilt top 

[it does sit flat despite how it looks in the photo]

I am all inspired to keep stitching so back to the pickle dish.

happy stitching jenni

Day 14

Today is the last day of Meredith's

from pomegranate and chintz

contest with herself  and anyone else who

wanted to join in.

To spend 1 hour each day with our sewing.

I have love the challenge, I am so motivated.

I think I will continue for another week.

The work will not stop spinning if I don't keep up

with all my other duties for a week if it means I can get 

so much stitching done.

all  the farmers wife blocks are stitch and pressed

all the sashing strips are cut, I decided to go scrappy

stick with the same theme as the rest of the quilt

excuse the legs of the desk.

This is what I'm so excited about.

The folly

Less than 1/2 of one side to go.

I don't usually sew during the day, But this week I am giving

myself permission to sit in the afternoon  if  it means 

this beauty could be finished.

happy stitching jenni 

Contest

Over at pomegranate and chintz Meredithe has

 set herself a little contest to spend 

1 hour everyday for 14 days with her stitching.

It can be sewing by hand or machine, preparing something

to stitch, applique, embroider, knit.

You get the idea, and she has invited others to join in.

So of course I have joined in.

Most days I do a little bit of something, 

but this has made me very conscious of what I am doing.

[especially when I write it down]

The folly has really got a work out this week,

only one corner and a little on the last 2 sides to go.

If I keep up this pace I'll have it finished in a couple of weeks.

Hand quilting

I am really enjoying the relaxing

 mindless simple straight quilting between the

rows that are already there. 

No marking or basting.

I cannot help myself when it comes to new projects.

So I had to have a play with a pickle dish block.

So far so good

I'm not sure if shopping counts in my 1 hour

a day, but this fabric was on sale.

4 mt for a backing somewhere along the line.

I thought this would make a great background for 

some applique.

A bit different from the normal text prints.

This has a musical sheet print.

On a totally unrelated note, this little fellow 

is exhausted after a morning with the groomer.

He is not often this quiet.

happy stitching jenni

   

Crazy

The header photo I have is a quilt I finished in September 2010.

Its called Wickersham signature quilt,

 a pattern from Patty Harrants.

When the quilt was finished it got packed away,

came out for a quilt show and for various

 reasons got packed away.

A couple of months ago I decided to hang this quilt

in the hallway.

A long wall with high ceiling, this large quilt is perfect to cover

up this space. 

BUT the quilt did not hang very well,

I decided to wait for the creases to fall out,

 it would be better then. 

NO it wasn't.

After many weeks of thought I decided

the binding is the problem.

I put a fine piping on first then the binding that all got

pulled. I remember having trouble at the time

but when you are so close to the end of such a big project

thing don't always get to attention they should.

With none of the same fabric to be found to remake the

 binding the next option is the do some more quilting.

That is were the crazy comes in.

the quilting was originally 2" cross hatching , the only

real option is to make that a 1: cross hatch.

So with no other hand quilting project on the go I am quilting 

in between all the current quilting lines.

That's lots on a quilt that is 96" square.

Just as well the weather has turned cold again. 

Already the quilt is sitting better, lets hope it is

worth the effort.

happy stitching jenni