Saturday, August 31, 2019

Complete!

Well, here it is. I had every intention of giving this particular quilt away or offering it up for sale. After I quilted it openly and finished the binding, it's just too snuggly and nice to do either, so I think this is going to have to join my quilt family here at the house.

The completed Jelly Roll Wave
And that's my Golden Doodle, Hazel, posing with the quilt in our side yard. She likes the quilt too.

I quilted the quilt openly with gentle random waves running vertically. I was going to use my Handi Quilter ProStitcher program to actually do the quilting, but found that just doing it free motion gave it more of an organic feel and look. I have a Handi Quilter Fusion and quilting this particular piece only took an afternoon to complete.

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

The Whole Top

It's been a few weeks since I've blogged because of the Jelly Roll Wave quilt-along. We are nearing the end and here is the completed top. I have added some additional borders along the sides to balance out the length. Enjoy!

The completed top

Sick Day

I don't take very many of them, but today I'm feeling very weak, short of breath, and my head is full of yuck. I feel like I have a ...