Well after my success in finishing the chocolate and aqua quilt top on saturday I was on a roll! Sunday afternoon I basted my table topper using spray baste and DH's help.
Spray baste is OK - I definitely wouldn't use it for anything larger. It still migrates somewhat while quilting and as a consequence I have a few bulgy areas and I re-basted the borders once I had finished all the ditch stitching.
I love quilting - it's my favourite part of the whole process (well maybe a close second to fabric shopping!). I think part of the reason is because I'm so close to having a finished quilt to enjoy but mainly it's because I love the feel of the 3 layers in my hands and I really love seeing the extra dimension quilting gives. It's like icing on a cake I think. I LOVE icing and a cake is never complete without it.
The ditch stitching (which only occasionally ends up in the ditch thanks to my big fat plaster) and straight line quilting came together quickly - to the point where on Monday I was able to start free-motion quilting the flowers in the wide border.
My ditch stitching looks fabulous in comparison :-/ but it's just a class sample and it's not a gift or anything so I'm not stressing about it and that in itself adds to my enjoyment of the process. It's not too bad considering I'm in plaster so I am proud of it anyway.
By Tuesday morning my arms ached and I started to think of the lovely toned muscles I'd be getting (bye bye tuckshop arms!!) but poor DS came down with the flu so no quilting yesterday.
He's much better today but still home from school so I doubt I'll get to quilt today either.
My scallop class isn't until 6 Nov so I should get it finished in time. I'm dreading all the bias binding I'll need to make and sew for this topper. It's about 46" square which is a bit bigger than I intended. I wont have enough red for the binding which is a shame but I'll have had a dig through my stash and find something big enough. No buying for this topper!
Lorraine rang on Monday to postpone Lizzy Mae #3. Just as well since DS was sick. It'll be put off for 2 weeks so it'll be on 9 Nov. What a busy month for quilt classes!
The best bit is my plaster comes off on 4th Nov so I'll be able to sew better. The only down side to all this is that I haven't been into her
shop since before my surgery and I have some shopping to do and gifts to buy which DH isn't able to do for me. He has been doing a bit of shopping-by-proxy and performed quite well but there are some things I just have to do myself.
No sign of my fabric order from Hawthorne Threads so I'm starting to get a little concerned. Hurry up already - I want to fondle my fabric!!!
