My honey left for golf before 9 AM Saturday morning (5/25) and I headed to the studio, determined to work hard on Sandy’s quilt. I kicked off the quilting, and also got my 8 strips cut for a border on my Beds = Dreams quilt…this is one of the reasons I don’t like to go on too many retreats….I do a lot of prep work….but then there’s a lot of work to be done when I get home to get everything finished. For this first quilt:
I’ve gotta cut and sew a border, and cut and sew binding, and make a backing.
I got the border cut, sewed together and attached:
while getting to 75% done on Sandy’s quilt.
Michael and I got cleaned up just after dinner and headed to Susan’s for a fabulous night of games and socializing:
We met a new neighbor, Brent, and played SCREWED and GOLF before coming home around 10:30. We sat and read in the living room until mid-night (and I put together overnight waffle batter) before heading to bed.
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We slept in Sunday morning (5/26) then had a fabulous feast:
Michael cooked potatoes and bacon, and I made waffles and we lingered over breakfast and reading the paper and a book. I didn’t make it to the studio until NOON!!
I worked mostly on Sandy’s quilt….and got it all quilted by dinnertime:
I also got the first 2 rows of Teal splendor sewn to each other…the sewing together wasn’t bad….pressing open the seam was horrible :~):
I cut out binding strips for my Beds=Dreams quilt and put them in my Thursday project box, and pieced a backing for it…..so I’ll be all ready to quilt it when my frame is empty of customer quilts!
And on the topic of ''what a difference finishing makes''....remember that art quilt I quilted a few weeks ago? My customer sent me a picture of it trimmed and bound....and I think it looks FABULOUS:
And my newest customer sent me a picture of hers as well....nicely done:
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