Ping is getting some quilting done on it. I am not quite up to a thread a day but I am making up for it when I can. It helps that I am able to leave it out and have all the supplies handy to pick up on a whim. It also helps that it is visible and I see it waiting all the time. If it were tucked away, as it was for a long time, then I might 'forget'. I have not yet pieced the borders and I am not certain I am going to. While I have little use for a couch quilt, I am pretty sure I do not want to do the borders that came with the kit. However the jury is still out. I would love to have this as a bed sized quilt-for me. No worries. I have plenty of time.
My father told me that his grandmother, Minnie, used to make quilts. They were not art, he assured me, just made up of snippets of old clothes , so as not to waste fabric and used to keep warm. He remembers one, he says, all in grays and blacks and plaids. Not art, he says, not meant to be beautiful. Sounds like beauty to me. Maybe even art...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
pinging
Ping is getting some quilting done on it. I am not quite up to a thread a day but I am making up for it when I can. It helps that I am able to leave it out and have all the supplies handy to pick up on a whim. It also helps that it is visible and I see it waiting all the time. If it were tucked away, as it was for a long time, then I might 'forget'. I have not yet pieced the borders and I am not certain I am going to. While I have little use for a couch quilt, I am pretty sure I do not want to do the borders that came with the kit. However the jury is still out. I would love to have this as a bed sized quilt-for me. No worries. I have plenty of time.
I'm thinking this is what I need to do with my large quilt -- leave it out where I can work on it every time I've got a few moments. It has been tucked away for months and the kitties sure aren't quilting it for me. LOL
ReplyDeleteMaybe once you've done the quilting in the middle you'll feel differently about the borders... keep going it's a lovely quilt:-D Elly
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