But - I have managed to find a few hours here and there to make some progress on my "Ice Cream Quilt"
It's all basted -- with a wonderful soft wool batting that's a dream to quilt. I wanted to play around with the quilting on this one. I thought I'd do some machine quilting and some hand quilting, using different colors and different threads, some perl cotton and some embroidery floss.
The hand work has turned out to be much more fun than the machine quilting, so I don't think I'll be adding too many more machine quilted lines. The closer I get to the outer edges, the bigger the chance is that I may change my mind on that. We'll see.
I didn't set a goal to finish this one in June -- only to get it basted and start the quilting. I feel like I've met that goal and anything else that gets done on it in June is a bonus.
The big news is that I've gone 37 days without buying any fabric. Amazing! I have had to empty a few online shopping carts during that time.
This is going to be such a lovely quilt--hope you can keep after it!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a very lovely quilt and hand quilting also - wow. Judy C in NC
ReplyDeletebeautiful quilt! Congrats on getting it where you wanted it to be, and for no fabric for 37 days - amazing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! You are my (hand quilting) hero!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful, summery colors! And hand quilting it? I still haven't learned that much patience!
ReplyDeleteI have great respect for hand quilting. It is something I absolutely cannot do. Can wait to see it finished!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt. I love the bubble gum colors. For a long time, I was a machine quilter, too, but now almost every quilt I make has both. I think it really makes it more interesting to both techniques on the same quilt.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful quilt and the most important thing is that you are enjoying the quilting!
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