Flickr tells me that I started this little lap quilt project in August 2009. I took baby steps at improv quilting. I called it slow and simple. Accurate on both counts. Two and a half years later, I'm finally hand quilting it.
I took my machine in for it's annual check up yesterday. ...about a year and four months late, if I must confess. It fell off the car seat during a sudden stop landing with a resounding thud. Good thing I was taking it in for a service and not bringing it home! So the next few weeks are the perfect time for tackling hand work.
I'm not a hand quilting expert, but I love making running stitches. I know I'd love sashiko, if I ever took it up. I do a reasonable job of making nice short even stitches. I don't know that I'd win awards, but it's passable. I've learned that when I use my hoop things end up nice and flat. When I work without my 18" behemoth, I tend to overdraw my stitches and things get a little lofty. Some would turn up their nose, but I feel sometimes this floatiness can add something to a project. Little pockets of air. Little pockets of happiness.
So I'm tackling this little quilt square by square. Stitch by stitch. Slow and simple, just as I started it.
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My machine fell on the floor when a table broke over the weekend. It was stomach churning. Glad you were bringing yours in anyways!
ReplyDeleteThis is looking really nice! Some of my fave colours. Very calm :)
ReplyDeleteGlad the machine was on its way to the right place after your emergency stop! Have fun with the handwork in the meantime :o)
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