LOADED BIG QUILT

 I loaded the big quilt I'm calling Garden Club onto the longarm today.  This is one of the quilts my friend, Mary sent for me to quilt and finish.  This quilt top was donated to her small quilt group to help raise funds for their group.  I volunteered to help by quilting some.

This quilt top is about 88" by 88".  It's not square.  I noticed when finding the middle of each side that one of the sides is 4" longer than it's opposite.  And it has other problems.  I think someone may have washed the top, which isn't a good idea with an unfinished quilt top.

Here's some photos of some of the things going on on the back of this quilt top:

STITCH GODDESS ALL DONE

 I needed to watch a how-to video to learn the Organic Blanket Stitch that I wanted to put on my Stitch Goddess in progress.  It took me a few practice tries before I understood the stitch and felt confident enough to try it on the Goddess.   It was tricky because the area I was doing was a weird shape, but I got it done.  She's complete and beautiful.

IT'S A STITCH GODDESS

 I got enough embroidery done on the Stitch Goddess to be able to sew the two sides together.  Then I stuffed her and sewed on the bottom.

I used wool and and some walnut shells in the bottom to give her some weight.

I plan to stitch some more in the blank areas.

STITCH GODDESS WORK

 I did some more embroidery on my Stitch Goddess  during the Brave Patch Finish it Friday group zoom.

I want to get most of it done before I stitch the two sides together.

FINISH NUMBER 2

 I got the binding onto the Batik quilt and fixed some of the quilting that needed fixing.  So it's done.

Finish #2 of the year.

STITCH GODDESS

 I watched the Quilty Nook Workshop on making a Stitch Goddess.  This is as far as I got in the workshop.

QUILTING BATIK QUILT

 Here's one of the quilts that my friend Mary sent to me.  I volunteered to do the quilting on a few for her.  They are quilts donated to her quilting group to help raise funds.

I got the quilting on this one done this weekend.

I used a bottle to help keep the quilt top stretched a bit which really helped.

FIRST FINISH OF 2026

 I put the finishing touches on the binding of Out of Africa today.  It is now done.

Finish #1 and counting!