Hello...
I've been away from you, my friends long enough! A kind of sad day today...my doctor of 30+ years has decided to retire...and so we had a short visit. I will miss him...he was a kind, caring doctor who provided the best of care to me and my family. The happy part of this is that I was fortunate to be able to find another physician right away. The two doctors know each other and so I feel good about that! And the new one is closer to home...bonus!
I am sure you must be sick of quilt pictures...but I do have a few more. I will start with something else though. A couple of posts ago, I mentioned that I like to do something that doesn't involve glue and paint...did you guess? Well, a couple of weeks ago a new set came out and I just had to get it...I really enjoy this little sideline. I don't have a lot of it...and I don't intend to! The architecture series and this town block have been fun. I will be building "London Bridge" and "Big Ben" soon, just in time for the Summer Olympics. And that will be it for awhile.
Here are a couple of pics of what I 've been up to when I haven't been sewing...
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| THE MAIN FLOOR |
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| TWO FLOORS COMPLETE |
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| THE TOWN BLOCK COMPLETED |
And now a couple of pictures of the quilt in progress...I am nearing completion and will post the finishing process in the next week or so. For now, I am showing you the next phases...
As you can see, I have filled in a lot since the last post. I have added fabric, trees, shadows, ground cover, rocks, and more sky.
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| FILLED IN MORE GROUND, TREES AND SKY |
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| THE CUTS VARY IN SIZE, BUT ARE GENERALLY FAIRLY SMALL |
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| THE FIRST TULLE LAYER IS ADDED |
I use a charcoal/black fine, soft tulle. Covering the quilt is a little tricky initially. You have to make
sure it is wide enough and long enough because once you place it on the fabric, you can't move it easily. The little fabric pieces like to stick to the tulle and believe me when I say it is a pain to re-position those pieces. There is another layer of tulle to go and I will show you that in the finishing post.
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| PIN! PIN! PIN!! |
This step is not unlike a pieced quilt at this stage. You need to pin the tulle and fabric in place. I do not close my pins, because I am about to quilt with monofilament thread and because this is free motion quilting, I want to be able to move the pins quickly. This is the first phase of the finishing stage of the quilt.
Hope you are enjoying your week!
4 comments:
Hi Nancy,
Never nice when you have to change Doctors, but so glad that you have another and that they know each other and a bonus been closer to your home.
The London town block is fabulous and what fun, I look forward to seeing Big Ben and London Bridge.
Also I loved seeing the quilt in progress, it is beautiful and what a lot of work.
Do hope that you have a lovely week and many thanks for visiting me.
Sending hugs
Carolyn
Your Lego London Town is Spectacular! No I definately did NOT guess this to be your other hobby.. VERY cool indeed! Your talents truly have no boundaries!
Your landscape quilt is amazing so far! I'm really enjoying the whole tutorial process too!
Is this complete now and will you show us the other layer of tulle that goes on it?
Hi Dolores!
Yes, I will post the finished piece by the weekend. It has sat on my work table for long enough...I have so little left to do. Just have to make th time to do it!
Nancy
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