Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Clean Slate - November 4, 2024

Looky here:


I am cleaning off my sewing room table in preparation for a NEW PROJECT!  :)

On top of that table is a very large, very dirty cutting mat.  It has seen better days, and I would get another one if I could find one.  It is splotched with all kinds of paint.  It is warped, having been subjected to irons, heat guns, and heat presses.  It has dust-encrusted rectangles of tape residue all over it (though how it ever got dusty under the pile of crap that's usually piled on top is something of a mystery).  I've squirted it down and scraped off the paint and goo.  It's got to be clean, because my new project is white.

This new project is going to be a quilt for Granddaughter #3.  I've hand-embroidered 20 very large blocks with hearts and flowers.  I want to quilt it by hand (if my hand will hold up to the job), but I don't want to set up a big quilt frame, so I'm going to try to quilt it in blocks and then set them together.  Somehow.

Next week, we're going on a long road trip.  This will be my travel project.  I'll put together a few "quilt sandwiches" before we leave, and quilt them in the car.  The quilting ought to be easy, as the blocks are already stamped with a pretty quilting design.  It's the putting them together that worries me.

Yes, I've watched videos.  

Wish me luck.




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