Friday, August 21, 2015

Slow and Steady...

I wonder how long it will take me to quilt this top...I feel like I am moving at the pace of a tortoise.


I did my version of basting the entire quilt. My midarm does not have a basting stitch...just a long stitch. I did horizontal stitching rows, about every four inches, the entire length of the quilt. This gets the batting off the floor and away from dog hair...which I now have to worry about. I will remove the horizontal long stitches as I work on the quilting design. Right now I am going back and stitching in the ditch around all the blocks and sashing. Very dull and time consuming but it is definitely something I have learned is necessary.


With the diagonal setting of the blocks I cannot complete a line of stitching without moving the quilt in the frame. I do this with the needle down. Another reason for long-stitching the entire quilt first. 

Here are the Swiss Santa, Spanish Santa and now I have started the Ukraine Santa. There are beads, outline stitching and mustaches to add to all three.


Already, McKinley has the walking routine down and is insistent when she thinks I've forgotten.


One week left and my husband will officially be done with his position in Paris. He'll still be flying as a pilot so he will be gone often...just not so much. No idea where our crates are with our household goods from Paris. We've asked but we gotten no information. So very frustrating.

4 comments:

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

that must be very frustrating to not have your household goods still and not know where they are! is it a lot of things missing.
now a question on long arm as I am wondering why it is necessary to do the ditch quilting when you put custom quilting all over the quilt and you also have the quilt basted and held in place on the rollers - I know it is different than what I do with my domestic when I do machine quilting but I have not done the ditch quilting also when I have a quilt on the 3 roller hand quilting frame I have never put in ditch quilting

Cathy said...

Has it been five years already? I seem to remember you saying he was posted in Paris for five years. I bet you're so glad to be home. Now, if they could just find and get your belongings home to you.

Sally said...

The quilt is gorgeous, as I would expect...frankly I've not seen anything that you've done that I haven't coveted for myself! That said, I have tons of my own and no room for any more...must start giving a bunch away to make room for more...I give a lot of mine to groups looking for ways to fundraise! As for your crates, I am hoping they show up really, really soon....

Cocopatch said...

oh! no informations for your household goods! so frustrating! But kee calm! Your dog is so cute! and your quilt beautiful!