I finally did the quilting on Shattered Glass. I didn’t have time to do a binding yet, but I will do that later today.
I decided to do stitching in the ditch and running through the sashing and borders in red, and then I decided to put random lines through the entire quilt in blue just to add texture!
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Everyone knows I love both Drop Dead Diva and Mad Men. I talk about them quite a bit on here, and I made this for those of you who are fans!
Sorry I haven’t been active today! I’ve just been cleaning up my house and organizing the kitchen, and then I spent some quality time with my Roommate and her daughter. So that was nice, but I haven’t sewn anything. Later tonight, in the wee hours of morning, I’m thinking about quilting this top tonight as a surprise for the roommate! I hope she’ll like it!
I’m using burgundy thread and I’m not sure the quilting method I’ll use, but I’ll figure something out!
I’m not quite sure how to quilt this? Should I wait until I can long arm it at a friends house? Or should I do it on my machine? I’m not sure if I want nice lines, or curves? What does everyone else think?
So, this is a hard time of year fro me because 20 years ago my mother started getting sick, and then in November of 1993 she passed away from stomach cancer. She sewed quite a bit. She made a lot of my clothes as a kid, and she made a lot of her own dresses. She also did a lot of crafts. I remember her making these really cool baskets out of ribbons. They were quite awesome! I wish I knew how to make them, or even that I had a picture of them. She also made angels for the Christmas trees of nearly everyone in my family. So when people ask me why I started sewing or why I am into crafts, I say, ‘because my Mother was.’
I meant to post this earlier, but I never got around to it. I’ve got Dahlias, Marigolds, Zinnias, and Red Basil. I also have Nasturtium, but it seems to be sad, so I just didn’t take any pictures of it. It looks too sad! MY Marigolds started blooming, and they’re great, but my Dahlias and Zinnias haven;t flowered yet. I’m going to blame this strange summer we have had in Minnesota. It didn’t even warm up until the end of June, and then it got really hot for two weeks, and now it is cold again. Very strange weather!
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Eric The Quilter 