First up ... Hi Sharon & Jon, thank you for drinkies last nite, it was fun! (Our distant family members & good friends who I only last night discovered have been following my blog!) The kids and I went to their daughter's birthday after school yesterday, and it turned into drinks and husbands joining in after work, and a fun night!Anyways ... here is my Starstruck top, I thought I'd share, I just moved the hoop again. I'm definitely two thirds done with the quilting. I haven't done much in the last couple of days, and I hope to get some done tonight. We have a BBQ with friends tomorrow which I have to prepare for, so I'll do some chores as well *sigh*. The BBQ is the fun part ... but the preparation is less fun.
When I took the picture I turned the backing fabric forward so you can see the fabrics I've used. I used four different pieces, all Judie Rothermel fabrics that I purchased while in Paducah last year. I sure did buy a lot of fabric, it really will take me a while to get through it all.
I'd ideally like to get the quilting finished on or before Wednesday, that way I can be sewing the binding down at quilt group on Thursday. That may be ambitious, but a girl can only try. Sleep is highly overrated and a waste of good time right ... :-)
9 comments:
Your really steaming through the hand quilting Tazzie. I love the way u patchwork ur backings!!! have fun at the BBQ and congrats on ur bloggiversary, its wonderful to see so many lovely comments...ur an inspiration to many!!!
The quilt is turning out lovely! Love the backing too! Thanks for sharing!
Girl you are soooo fast!!! Even at hand-quilting!! :D That quilt is a beauty, love stars in all shapes and sizes. Yum, I would LOVE to have some of those backing fabrics! Have a fun time at your BBQ. :)
This quilt is lovely. You do such nice work.
You're quilting pretty fast on that! Love the backing. At least you are using what you buy - that's a good thing. Sounds like your Saturday night was great fun!
Sleep? Who needs sleep? (says the woman commenting on your blog at 1:32 am local time and whose toddler will be up at 7)
Its a beautiful quilt, and you are working splendidly on it. I am amazed at how quickly you get things done - especially since you are hand quilting and I am doing it all by machine. Great job.
I always wonder which of my friends are reading my blog without letting me know! So far xounter hasn't found anyone in my town besides me, but there are a lot of unknowns!
Machine quilting is 'work' and hand quilting is relaxing. Congratulations on your blogiversary, sorry I missed the draw.
I really love this quilt - how nice that you are hand quilting it.
I always get a little freaked out when someone comments about something on my blog when I didn't realize they were reading it. Luckily I'm not the type to share things on it that I don't want others to know.
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