Tom’s sharp eye for details amazes me when he is clueless to the big picture sometimes. I had the “other side” of this quilt hanging on the wall where the stairs are. Tom had gone up and down the stairs a few times on Saturday and finally I asked him what he thought of the quilt. He asked where it was (he probably had brushed against it each time it went up or down the stairs). When he was looking at the quilt he gets kind of quite and I ask him what is wrong – and he hesitates. He then asks if I really want to know. Well, YES I want to know.
The hummingbirds are still giving me problems, the one on bottm left corner is flying in the wrong direction. I have looked and looked at this quilt and did not noticed that.
So, I took the humming bird out and got it flying in the wrong direction.
On Friday I was talking to Emily and said that I was just going to leave alot of the stablier under the machine embroidery work because no one would ever know. She kept saying to me, but I would know. So, she got to me, and I also took the time (about 2 1/2 – 3 hours) to pull off all that blasted stablizer. One mishap while doing so, I made a small hole in the quilt with my blunt end tool (on Emly’s block) so now I have to do alittle fixing.
It also took a bunch of time to trim all the threads between the letters.
(This is before I did that.)
Here is a picture of the “Other Side” of this quilt.
The label with who actually worked on it.
The hummingbirds are still giving me problems, the one on bottm left corner is flying in the wrong direction. I have looked and looked at this quilt and did not noticed that.
So, I took the humming bird out and got it flying in the wrong direction.
On Friday I was talking to Emily and said that I was just going to leave alot of the stablier under the machine embroidery work because no one would ever know. She kept saying to me, but I would know. So, she got to me, and I also took the time (about 2 1/2 – 3 hours) to pull off all that blasted stablizer. One mishap while doing so, I made a small hole in the quilt with my blunt end tool (on Emly’s block) so now I have to do alittle fixing.
It also took a bunch of time to trim all the threads between the letters.(This is before I did that.)
Here is a picture of the “Other Side” of this quilt.
The label with who actually worked on it.Following are the blocks documentating the 6 generations and how they are represented on this quilt.
This morning I put the binding together. (I hate to have to prepare the binding after I finish quilting, so I try and do it before I start quilting.) I wanted white binding on the front of the quilt and green binding on the “other side” of the quilt.
Here I am pressing the binding in half. I had to tweak the instructions that I got on the interent on doing two-fabric binding because the front of the quilt is white and I had to insure that I didn’t see the other color shadowing through.
Ironing the binding in half.
It’s already, just wanting for George to get done with his part.
The few of the humming birds are a another reminder of my Grandma’s quilt. I had made 8 humming bird blocks and then decided that was alot of work to do without being able to see the detail. I need to change the contract on some of the parts of the hummingbird. But, I decided that Grandma probably would had used the blocks anyway, so that is what I did. You can see the two different humming birds in the picture above.
Here is the quilt my Grandma made me with the two different fabrics used.
This morning I put the binding together. (I hate to have to prepare the binding after I finish quilting, so I try and do it before I start quilting.) I wanted white binding on the front of the quilt and green binding on the “other side” of the quilt.
Here I am pressing the binding in half. I had to tweak the instructions that I got on the interent on doing two-fabric binding because the front of the quilt is white and I had to insure that I didn’t see the other color shadowing through.
Ironing the binding in half.
It’s already, just wanting for George to get done with his part.
The few of the humming birds are a another reminder of my Grandma’s quilt. I had made 8 humming bird blocks and then decided that was alot of work to do without being able to see the detail. I need to change the contract on some of the parts of the hummingbird. But, I decided that Grandma probably would had used the blocks anyway, so that is what I did. You can see the two different humming birds in the picture above.
Here is the quilt my Grandma made me with the two different fabrics used.
I thought I was already to start pin basting and then I remembered that I needed to do the french knot on each bird to give them an eye. So, that is what I am working on now. Should be able to start pin basting pretty soon.
It’s a good thing you have Tom there to keep everything straight for you. That poor humming bird would have driven you crazy forever.