DEVOLVE OFF THE LONGARM

 I finally finished the last of the quilting on Devolve.  It's all straight-line horizontal quilting, randomly spaced about 1/4" or so apart.  Looks good.

YUMMY PIE

 I had a friend visit the studio this afternoon.  She brought some sweets.  This little pumpkin pie was so good.  It was a little bit molassesy.  Very tasty.  Thank you for being so thoughtful, NC!

We visited and chatted with the Brave Patch group.  It was nice.

BACKING FOR XXIII

 I finally finished the backing and label for XXIII.

I did some more quilting on Devolve, too.  

LOVE THE LEAVES

 I love walking in the fallen leaves.

WALK IN THE PARK

 

DEVOLVE LOADED

 I loaded up the next quilt, Devolve, onto Erik the Bold.  He's been feeling neglected.

I'm going to quilt horizontal lines all over, spaced haphazardly using a light teal colored thread, which should blend nicely.

At the end of the day I realized I needed a backing for XXIII and stuck some fabrics up on the wall.

Let's hope it ends up looking better than this!

TORRENT QUILTED

 I finally finished the quilting on the Torrent quilt.  There's been nothing but problems.  First off, the thread!  Does anyone else have trouble with Aurifil.  I seem to have thread breaks all the time, on both of my machines.  There was at least three thread breaks per row on this pantograph -  through the whole quilt - all the way to the end.  Then on the third row, while I wasn't watching, the hopping foot caught the batting on the edge and got all tangled up with it.  By the time I saw it and stopped it, it was too late.  The repairman came out about 12 days later and said it had bent the needle bar.  He replaced it and didn't charge me since it was still under warranty.  So, I started it up again.  I just wanted it finished and off the machine.  The thread breaks continued.  It was very slow going. 

But, it's done!

BACK MADE

 I found some interesting fabrics in my stash and spent the day whipping up the back for City Noise.  

I like it!

TOP FINISHED AND NAMED

I've been working on the Pieced Ribbons project since taking the workshop with Sarah Bond.  I put the last seam in it this afternoon.  The top is done and I finally named it - City Noise.

SKY VIEW OBSERVATORY

 After touring the Steam Plant we, Darrell, Quinten, Jeffery and I, went downtown Seattle.  First we had lunch at Shawn O'Donnells Irish Restuarnt at the base of the Smith Tower.  Afterwards we went to the Columbia Tower.  The boys wanted to go to the Sky View observatory on the 73rd story.  I didn't.

I stayed in the lobby and sketched the ticket kiosks instead.

GEORGETOWN STEAM PLANT

 Quinten and Jeffery came to spend the weekend.  We went to see the Open House at the Georgetown Steam Plant.  It was built in 1906, the first reinforced concrete building in the area.  It generated electricity by burning coal to create steam to turn the turbines.  It served the community until the 1970's when it was shut down.  It has remained idle ever since.  They are trying to decide what to do with the building going forward, and in the meantime, to reinforce the structure and make it safely live on.

PIECED RIBBONS

 Yesterday and today I attended the Pieced Ribbons zoom workshop with Sarah Bond @slbphilly.  I'm using the strip sets I've been making all week and making more with smaller strips.

POSTCARD CLASS

 I took a zoom workshop with Sarah Ruiz today on how to make quilted postcards.

It was a great three hours spent.

I made two today.  I can make more now.

Made from leftovers on my table from the strip sets.

Made from more leftovers and a few pieces from scrap bucket.

STRIP SETS

 I've been making strip sets for an upcoming class.  It takes a lot longer than one would think.  I still have lots more to make.

OUTING

 Darrell needed to take a picture of the Space Needle for his book and the weather was nice.  So, we took a break and headed to Queen Anne.  

We went across the newly strengthened West Seattle Bridge for the first time, too.

This is at Kerry Park on Queen Anne.

It was so blue!