GOODBYE -GOOD LUCK

 I finally got paid from Netflix for my 'Suspended' quilt.

I put it in the mail to them today.  Off to the big city it goes.

Good luck little quilt.  I hope to see you shining on the TV someday!

NETFLIX BUYS IT

 Holy Smokes!  Netflix contacted me back in May about using the image of my quilt, Suspended, in one of their productions.  Since the design was by Jenny Haynes of Pappersaxsten (she calls it Floating Stairs), I explained I'd need to contact her to get her okay before any agreements could be made.

Jenny agreed to sell the rights to the image and we would split the proceeds.

Round and round things went, and we've finally settled on them buying the quilt from me for $1000.  Oh my, it's very exciting.  I can hardly wait to see it in this production, but we'll have to wait - the show, Jigsaw, won't be out until September of 2022.

Good bye little quilt - live long and prosper.

FINALLY QUILTED

I've had the Suspended quilt on my longarm for a while now.  I've not been enjoying quilting on it - I've had difficulties coming up with designs that I think I can execute correctly.  So, I've been hesitant to do anything.  And it's been holding up a lot of things I'd like to do. 

So, I finally just forced myself to go do something on it and get it moving or get it off the machine.  I wanted to finish the waves I've been putting on before I took it off so I started there.  I came to the conclusion that this is not a show quilt so just get it done and get it off.

I attacked the difficult part of the curves and that went not too badly so I continued on and got the whole thing finished.  It's not pretty and there are a few places that are too sparse, but like I said, it's not a show quilt.  Just get it done!

So I did.  It's off the machine - hallelujah!! 

I also got some work done on the Equinox quilt. I got the needed Kona Everglade fabric from Pacific Fabrics in Sodo - that was the first time I've been to a quilt shop in a looooong time.   I ordered it online then ran down and picked it up.  It was great.   But I'm still waiting on a fabric shipment from Missouri Quilt Company.  The Fedex shipment has been on the road for nine days now with no delivery date expected.  I hate that!  I want my fabric!

FLOATING STAIRS TOP

 I worked on my project from the Floating Stairs workshop most of the day and got it all put together.  I made some serious mistakes where the seams don't line up like they should.  But, I think for a first time it's not too bad.   The important thing is that I learned a lot about how to do it and what not to do.  I definitely need more practice at curves and y-seams.

I got all of the background attached to the 'drunkards path' squares, then we went out to lunch at Coastline Burgers.  Well, actually, we ordered online, picked it up and took our lunch to the lookout at Hamilton Viewpoint Park off California Avenue.

I got one seam where everything came together right.  Yea!

Back in the studio after lunch, I attended a Brave Patch meeting where I foundation pieced a lot of the scraps from this project while listening.  Afterwards I sewed everything together on the top.  It's done.  

The background is Kona Prussian Blue, the orange is Kona Nectarine.  The dark purple is Kona Geranium and the lighter one is Kona Petal.

BLACK FRIDAY SEWING DAY

 Not much happening on this Black Friday.  

I was sewing.  I worked on my Floating Stairs project from the workshop I took last weekend.

First I finished paper piecing the 'stairs'.

Then I worked on getting the background pieced into the middle - not as easy as she made it look! It's all one piece. I had to go back to the recording of the workshop and look for the part where she did this.  I took out my first attempt and tried it again with better results.  Not perfect, but better. 

I got the background sewn into all of the 'stair' parts, then started making the 'drunkard's path' squares.  Or should I say rectangles.