To quilt or not to quilt, that is the question. –Variation of Shakespeare
I'm humming right along with the Cozy Posies quilt. I'd planned to do an all-over loops and flowers meander, but yesterday as I was getting ready for work, I had a flash of inspiration.
Feathers! Michelle, over at
The Prairie Quilter was my inspiration. She started out her FMQ career with feathers and has done some really beautiful things with them, so I decided to do feathers in the strips of coins. I bought my thread yesterday afternoon and got it all pin basted last night before bed. I started quilting when I got home from work this afternoon
{don't ask me what we had for dinner because then I'd have to tell you that I fed the Little Bugs Ramen noodles so I could have more quilting time}. I really like how it is coming out. I have four of the five strips finished and I'm dashing off to do the last one now and see how much of the border I can get done before bed.
Oh, and I'm doing Friday Night Sew-In again this month. I'm looking forward to it. I hope to finish the Cozy Posies up. I'm torn between two projects after that. I know I
PROMISED that
Mr. Bug's T-Shirt Quilt would be the next thing I work on, but I'm kind of loving the Frolic
{and the feathers} and have
another Frolic quilt top that has been begging me to finish it since last July. I guess I'll have to see what kind of a mood I'm in tomorrow.
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I love your feathers! You are getting soo good. the colors are so pretty. The civil war fabrics are cool and the give away is very generous, however I won't be entering.
ReplyDeleteI am so envious of your feathers! I just can't get the hang of them.
ReplyDeleteThe feathers look fantastic!
ReplyDeleteIm doing sew in as well..have no idea of what Im doing yet which is incredibly slack since Im due to start in 20 minutes !
I so love what you are working on....
ReplyDeleteThat looks GREAT!! I love quilting stripy quilts like that, just did one last week. ;)
ReplyDeleteIt looks great. I love the fabrics and the quilting. I'll bet the boys enjoyed their Ramon noodles, DH enjoys them a lot.
ReplyDeletePS I just discovered your blog and I'm LDS too. I keep my blog list in Google Reader and you'll go in my LDS folder. There are so many talented ladies in it. If you love legos you should come back to Orlando area, we now have Legoland Florida. I'm enjoying your blog.
ReplyDeletei am so in love with those fabrics! your quilting looks awesome, too :)
ReplyDeleteThe feathers are awesome. I need to practice some more on mine so that they look that nice.
ReplyDeleteThe feathers are gorgeous! I love that idea!
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