I confess. It's no longer going to be a quilt. I'm not interested in quilting this thing. Not even a little bit. Maybe later. Probably not (can you say *daunting*).
I did tack the front and back and batting together at regular intervals (like a tie quilt I guess). I hope that measure proves to be enough when I have to wash it. Speaking of washing, time to get back to that laundry. Woot.
The circles have been attached. Finally. I'm glad to have that part complete because I had forgotten that it was a necessary step. In my mind, I was several hours ahead of schedule. Come to think of it, that's a pretty common trend for me.
The next step is to whip together a quilt back and get this project finished.I'm aiming to have the back sewn, the batting cut and the whole thing pinned together by tonight.
In case anyone was wondering, the buttonhole stitch takes a long, long, long time.I'm at the point in this project where many people fold up their work and put everything on a shelf for a break. Hopefully that break doesn't last ten years because the colors will be out of style.
The yellow circles are for the centers of each flower. After they are ironed on (all 22 of them), I'm using the same purple thread. Crossing my fingers that I don't run out. Back to it!
I'll post more photos when I'm done.
I have completed many projects in the past without a single photo to document them. Can't do much about the past, but I can start documenting a bit more (like a *real* blogger).
I decided to work from my imagination instead of a tried and true pattern. The end result should be more like one of my drawings and less like a traditional quilt. Honestly, it's only taken a bit of simple math and a new seam ripper. All is well (and next time I will remember to cut pieces a few inches longer than I think I'll need).
The only requests were lots of purple and lots of flowers. The flowers will be sewn on later this evening if all goes according to plan (that might mean tomorrow lol). After the quilt is sewn, I have plans for a sham, some throw pillows, a bed skirt and a valance. Back to it :)
I spent most of last week sewing velour curtains for our home theater. Today I can safely say I am officially retired from velour curtain making forever. Not only did the 25 oz velour take over the kitchen, it shed EVERYWHERE. We had little red velour pills blowing into the corners of the kitchen and tracked into the livingroom and it was up and down the stairs. Of course, being practical (read: lazy), I refused to clean it up until I was through sewing. I don't advise that. I bet most of the mess could have been curtailed had I been more diligent about those red dust bunnies.
All that curtain making monotony seemed to suck the creativity right out of me. Well, that and a sinus thing that stopped to visit my earthly temple. I've been working up the motivation to press on and plan to resume making art tomorrow.
Here are some photos of the new theater (we still have a few things to finish):
My husband did most of the work. Speaking of husbands, I can hear him racing while the police chase him. He bought me an XBox 360 for my birthday and it came with "Need For Speed: Most Wanted". Great game. Totally aimed at young men, but still fun. Running from 6 police cars doing 140 MPH was the highlight of my afternoon.
