Almost there.

4 hours of thread stitching the water.

I still think it needs some simple hand stitching

on the trees. My husband thinks it needs a

half sunken boat on the bottom left side.

I think maybe a couple of swimming ducks.

I will edge it in medium brown to finish

the edges. Sometimes I wonder why I do this.

Spend hours at the sewing machine.

Must like it enough. This will be another of those

priceless quilts good for entering in show.

This morning I will start the wood series.

I will hand stitch Wolf River in the evenings

while watching TV.

Have a nice quiet week-end all.

 



Finally getting somewhere.

Closing in on the finish.

I stitched down all the trees and trunks and

am ready to move on to the reflections in the

water. It is finally looking like something.

Today I will add the stitching on the water

than it is on to some hand stitching to

emphasize the trees. The machine

stitching doesn't show up well enough so I think

it needs more texture-another layer of thread.

 I hopefully will be done by Monday.

Than I will move on to some medium size

wall quilts for the show. Well off to an early start.



Continuation of Wolf River.

Well Tuesday I spent 5 hours thread stitching tree trunks

and branches. Today I will thread stitch the foliage

on the trees and bushes. Than I can add the water

to the bottom of the quilt. I am already bored

and ready to move on to a new idea.

But the house rules are FINISH what you started.

Than you can do another.

I think this one will consume the rest of my week.

My mind is already on logs and pieces of wood.

All beige, black, grey and ochre.

Well it is 3 in the morning and I must try and

get some sleep. Some nights I wake up at 1 or 2

and cannot go back to sleep the mind just

starts turning and I am wide awake.

Maybe a cup of hot tea will work.

Have a great day you all.

Need some sunshine and warmth.

Yesterday I had to find a repair shop for my sewing

machine. While there I tried out the Janome sewing

machine and now I am thinking of trading in my

machine. It has 1 inch larger throat plate but

hey maybe I would be better getting a Sweet Sixteen

to quilt the bigger pieces. The cost would be about

the same. Life is full of choices.  I just need

to concentrate and focus on the work at hand.

I was exhausted when I got home.  Traveling does

that to me. Hopefully to day my machine cooperates

and I get a lot of stitching done. 

A misty rainy weekend

It has been a misty and rainy weekend and looks like

it will continue for the next 2 days.

Yesterday I was machine quilting and my machine

jammed up so today I need to take it in for help.

Hopefully he can fix it otherwise I may be forced

 to buy another  machine. I only have 6 week to finish

my works for the show.  Friends have offered my their

spare machines. People are so nice.

I can block in some other ideas I have for the

medium size quilts so it should not slow me down.

I am chomping to get at the log pile quilts anyway.

Well off and running.