One of the downsides of making and keeping so many quilts is that they have to be stored (in my case under the spare bed). Today is one of those glorious, blue-sky autumn days and I decided to make the most of it and let some of my quilts out of storage to breathe:
At last I have finished quilting Kaffe Tapestry. I’ll post some photos once the binding is on.
In the meantime, I can report that I opted to use the floral motif in the Kaffe Fassett border fabric as my quilting guide. That is, I quilted around each flower shape. Some of the petals seem lotus shaped which reminded me of the beautiful lotus flowers that Erica and I saw when we did a guided tour of the Royal Botanic Gardens earlier in the year.
Off now to see how much binding I can get done before tomorrow’s Power Stripping workshop.
After a fortnight of incessant rain, it is good to be able to walk along the beach again.
Everybody has a story and some of the Anzac stories are very compelling. Not only of those in the trenches but those they left behind. Rilla of Ingleside, the final book in the Anne of Green Gables series, is a poignant tale written from the point of view of Anne’s youngest child, Rilla. Interestingly, according to Wikipedia, “Rilla of Ingleside is the only Canadian novel written from a women’s perspective about the First World War by a contemporary”.
Meanwhile, I am looking forward to hearing my sister’s report when she returns from her Anzac pilgrimage to LeQuesnoy on the western front.
It’s been a dull, but productive, morning as I prepared the floorplan diagram for the Sydney Quilt Show 2008 catalogue. The allocated exhibition area has a different configuration this year so I decided to start the diagram afresh rather than trying to modify diagrams from previous years. Now at least I can cross this job off my list and visitors will be able to locate their wonderful quilts.
For floor candy of a different kind, you can’t go past the Designer Rugs website. They have a wonderful range including:
Following enthusiastic recommendations from Terry and Kirsten, I went ahead and ordered some mini business cards from www.moo.com. They arrived today. As you can see, I had difficulties narrowing down which quilts to feature.
After 15+ hours quilting scroll vines on a 240cm x 240cm (94 x94″) bed quilt, I remember why I’ve always favoured more forgiving all-over motifs when quilting bigger quilts. I quilt with my Bernina 150QE which does not have a very generous harp/throat size. I also prefer using 60/40 poly wool batting which adds a lot of extra weight to the quilt. Bulky, heavy quilt + small throat + a vine motif involving long, smooth, sweeping movements makes for a challenging combination - especially in the middle sections. I’ve pretty much finished quilting the centre panels now but still have the 10″ borders to go. Being on the edge, they’ll be much easier to handle but there’s still a lot of area to cover. All I can say is that commercial machine quilters earn every cent they are paid!
Special thanks to everyone who sent me recipe suggestions (and comments) both on and off-blog. In the end, we went for a vaguely Middle Eastern themed wedding anniversary menu as follows:
And for calorie-free yumminess, just look at the delicious circles in these glassworks from blue and brown graphic designers.
Quilting of Kaffe Tapestry is under way. Much as I like the heart vine motif, I decided that the quilt needed something a little more whimsical so I am doing scroll vines, also covered on Patsy Thompson’s instructional DVD Vines & Leaves Volume 2. Click the image to enlarge.
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