Friday, June 17, 2011

Starting again

I can hardly believe I haven't written a blog post for a whole month.  Life has definitely gotten in the way of my sewing this past month.  I feel sort of rusty about writing but here goes.

I am back to working on my daughter's quilt and I am very grateful to have some sewing time.  Here is the backing taped to the floor in my living room. 


I have a big living room and this backing just fit on the floor.  So this is the maximum sized quilt I ever intend to work with.  And next time I take on something this big, I will definitely consider sending the quilt out for quilting.  I am happy to try to quilt this one though.  It's a family effort!

Now I am in the process of pin basting. 


I have used up all my curved pins and now am hoping I have enough regular pins to finish this part of the process.  This is taking way longer than I planned...lots of sighing and resting of knees.  LOL!  I have enjoyed some good chick flicks on TV while pinning.

Stay tuned for progress.  I am determined to get this puppy done!

:o)

4 comments:

Abby and Stephanie said...

Oh goodness I understand the knees...I'm determined to get those gardening knee pads. Pretty quilt.

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

The Quilt looks huge! I hope the quilting goes very smoothly for you.

Karen said...

That's a huge amount of work to do to! Good luck. It's looking great.

Unknown said...

I am the same way about sending my quilts out! They are my babies, and I don't want anybody else handling them! I don't blame you for keeping this one to quilt for yourself. It will be an heirloom. You don't want to have to say, "well, yah, but Suzy quilted it." Just go get a new bottle of Advil for the shoulder aches. That's what I do!