I'm Still In The Land of The Living

Welcome!


I trust all is well!  Isn't spring a wonderful time of year?  We go from the slow, and cozy pace of winter, into the "new start" pace of spring.  That's what spring reminds me of.  A new start.  Maybe it's the green coming back, and the new buds on the trees, and seeds going into the ground.


So, as I've been busy with the sewing and homemaking duties, I got bit by yet another crafting bug.  I don't think myself creative at all, but I get an itch to learn this.

Yes, I want to learn to quilt!  Since I spend lots of time at the sewing machine already, providing clothing for my household, I don't want to spend "leisure" time at the machine also.  Combine that with my love of handwork, (i.e. knitting), and I want to learn to hand quilt, in a hoop.


Here's the back.

It's really a lot smoother on the back, than it looks in the picture, but I do need to work on it more.


The girls are using the extra squares and are now "designing" their own little doll quilts.  I'll post pics of that soon.


I hate cutting out.  I don't do it very well.  Even in sewing.  You need to be way more accurate in quilt cutting than apparel cutting.  It's not that I don't know how to use the rotary cutter, it's just.....  I'm not very artistic, (I can't even draw a straight line).  After my cutting disaster here, I decided it's pre-cut squares and blocks for me, from now on!


I have lots of ideas swirling in my head, but I want to do one project at a time.  I can't afford to accumulate a quilting fabric stash, like my yarn stash.


My interest is more in the quilting than the piecing anyway, (I will be machine piecing).  After all the work that went into piecing this quilt, the next one I may try will be a solid top, and the "art" will be in the quilting design.


Not sure what design I'm going to quilt in this one yet.  I'm thinking stars for right not, as they're all straight lines, and I can get practice on the technique.


Yes, I'm still deeply in love with knitting, it's I'm just in a knitting lull right now.


Other than that, God is good.  Life is good.  The children are healthy, I have a little cold, but I can't complain.


I hope things are well with you.


Thank you for visiting!