Minky. Love It...or Not

I love the feel of Minky (Cuddle, whatever you want to call it) for a quilt back. It quilts fairly well, other than being closely woven and it being 100% polyester. I can hear and feel the needle "thunk" as it stitches every stitch. But the quilting looks pretty awesome on the back of the quilt and it's forgiving for a few hiccups in my stitch path.

But, it stretches. Badly. And if it's not pieced together correctly leaving the stretchy ends parallel to the belly bar, I have to rely on the side clamps to take up the slack. That's not the optimal situation and I'm surprised I haven't run into any folds or pleats on the back of this quilt I'm working just for this very reason. And, I refuse (since it's a free service I provide) to trim the quilt when it's done. Too much poof leaving the backing and all over my studio.

I have one more day on Ann's quilt. 

Teeth are the absolute hardest to do!

Jim ran up to Erin Matthews for me yesterday to pick up this kit...

I'll be doing the yellow background on the right

I looked forward to starting on this so much yesterday and yet, I had to do as much on Anns quilt as I could, and then I had to put together the BOM for month four...

Month Four

After working and getting the BOM block put together all I managed to do was prep the fabric, sift through the pattern (Tilda patterns are a bit of a puzzle if you've never done one), and cut for the first of five sections. This is going to be a gift for Jims sister who had a VW van for a while. 

I have two customers coming today; one to pick up and another to discuss our Shipshewana retreat. Which I'm so excited to do this year since I won't be paying off [another] machine. 😉

Cat's Eyes and Other Halloween Things

This quilt, despite having a million borders (which take a lllloooonnnnggg time to work) has been very fun to quilt. I get to be creative and have to have my Halloween hat on while doing it. I have two versions of cats eyes going in here...

Siamese Eyes

I feel like the Siamese cat has more angular eyes and they are a little more sly looking. 

Regular cat eyes

Maybe you can see it better from the back?

Much easier to to see

I'm on this quilt again today. The spider webs and now the panel are taking a bit longer than anticipated. Jim is running to Erin Matthews quilt shop today to fetch a pattern/kit I ordered at the Oscoda quilt show. I don't think he can hurt himself too much driving and he didn't take his muscle relaxer yet so he's safe to go I think. My new phone case arrived yesterday and I LOVE it. Still waiting on my shipment from MSQC and Green Fairy (Jelly rolls and thread respectively). 

I knocked off the long arm around 6:00 and started cutting out for month four of the BOM. I have everything ready to go to piece together tonight. And fall weather has finally descended upon us. They are calling for a frost warning tonight. Hello turtlenecks and sweatshirts! 😍